This year’s top titles range from an alphabet book of quirky tunes to an authentic ... The “grandiose and ambitious project,” as School Library Journal calls it, began in the fall of 2020.

The 39 most anticipated books of 2025 include Susan Choi’s long-awaited follow-up to Trust Exercise, an essay collection from environmental justice activist Catherine Coleman Flowers ...

Through interviews with Babitz (whom Anolik biographed in 2019’s Hollywood’s Eve) and letters the women exchanged, the book traces their ... and kickstarts a new project to make quick money.

Project Century was announced with no release date or even a release window. All we know is that the footage we’ve seen so far is pre-alpha, which means it is very early on in development. That ...

Every Wednesday, USA TODAY publishes the Top 150 books using sales data from the previous Monday through Sunday. We collect data from independent booksellers, bookstore chains, mass merchandisers ...

The lyricist Ira Gershwin outlived his composer brother by more than 40 years, but never quite escaped George’s shadow. Review by Joseph Epstein ...

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets ... how the cover’s behavior rhymes with the author’s alphabetical project by singling out an “A,” “B” and “C” with pops of ...

By Holland Cotter Jason Farago and Walker Mimms Say what you will about digital futures, print still rules when it comes to art books. And 2024 has brought us a batch of hold-in-your-hand beauties.

These familiar complaints are oddly comforting, both because hand-wringing over the state of the novel is a time-honoured pursuit, and readers who pick up the remote instead of a book after dinner ...

The best nonfiction books of the year tackle undeniably difficult topics. Many are personal stories about surviving the unthinkable. Salman Rushdie describes the violent attack that nearly killed him.

What was best in 2024? How about “Dune: Part Two” and “Anora”? Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan? “The Vince Staples Show” and “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...