By Olivia Waite Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.” The year’s best speculative fiction ...

From beloved primetime classics like 'Columbo' and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer' to recent favorites like 'Empire', here are the ...

Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, Prevention, The New York Times ...

The New York Public Library is proud to present our Best Books of 2024. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens, curated by our expert staff and librarians, encompass ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year. By A.O. Scott Book Club: Read ‘Our Evenings,’ by Alan ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. We like to think of this list of the best books of 2024 as the anti-algorithm, a collection of specific, individual, and eclectic works that have ...

None of those books are in my top 10, either. That’s how much good stuff there was. What follows then are 10 favorites, the stickiest of stickers, in no order. If you need a stack of fresh takes ...

Spend more time enjoying and less time searching the best Books for Tweens. Our curated list features top-rated Books, whether fun and entertaining or educational and learning-focused. Don't miss out ...

Sport fans: we have your Christmas sorted. Roger Alton has picked out the best sport books of 2024 ranging from the scientific way to score a penalty to the heartfelt memoir of Sir Chris Hoy.