Narrowing down the best books of 2025 to a list of 15 inevitably means leaving out fine works, including Shadow Ticket, the first novel by Thomas Pynchon in 12 years, and We Do Not Part by Nobel Prize ...

Reading preferences are highly individual—with some gravitating toward fast-paced thrillers filled with plot twists, while others indulge in romantic tales or timeless classics. Yet for many, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While we love the information, advice and factual accuracy of a nonfiction book, certain reads can be a little hard to get through ...

The most prominent name on the list is former Booker Prize winner Roy, best known for her 1997 novel The God of Small Things. Indian author Roy is nominated for her memoir Mother Mary Comes To Me, ...

Two books about hotels in wartime are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. The six-book shortlist announced ...

Every year, bookstore shelves swell with new non-fiction works by authors who are all writing in response to their inner and outer lives, their surroundings, and their yearning for a better world.

Have you spent too much time with yourself this summer? looking to escape into someone else's life? Well, there's a book for that - several, actually. Books We Love, NPR's list of best reads, has a ...

Women artists made most of the first cave drawings. People with uteruses create life itself. Slumber parties; solidarity; activism; caregiving; discovery; innovation, and evolution. Women, we hold ...

Every year, we ask everybody who works at NPR - and I mean everybody - what their favorite books of the year were. We pull this together and present it to you as an interactive guide called Books We ...

Books offer a richer, deeper way to understand our ever-changing world. Instead of relying on quick searches, consider diving into the wisdom of experts through well-crafted nonfiction. Whether you're ...