The mammoth two-volume The Book of Colour ... takes the view that drawing cannot be closely defined, ‘nor should it be’. Her own expansive account of it would have pleased such advocates of drawing as ...

For someone who spends their nights up late and reading, a simple book light can be the best gift they’ve ever gotten. This one has a gentle light that won’t mess up their circadian rhythm.

As the end of the year approaches, we're looking back at our reading lists for the standouts from 2024. Below, PEOPLE's Senior Books Editor picks the 10 best books of the year. In 1961 Bear Van ...

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find your next fall read here Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE.

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This type of reading is best suited to classics—and it doesn't feel right, in our humble opinion, to be reading books set in scorching ... "When four people, strangers and family, converge ...

Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.” By Dwight GarnerJennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs ...

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We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Hollywood loves a great book-to-screen adaptation, and in 2024, that couldn't be more evident. Elin Hilderbrand's hit Nantucket ...

but I ended up reading four of her books aloud and am in awe of her wisdom about the nuance and complexity of human beings as well as her wonderfully suspenseful stories. Being with someone as ...