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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 Locus AwardsLooking to read your way into the best of science fiction and...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Most U.S. Adults Read...

The news about reading in general, and childhood reading in particular, is not good. Last year a National Literacy Trust survey of more than 100,000 young people between the ages of 11 and 18 discovered that the number of...

In mid-March, Dial Books, a long-time imprint at Penguin Random House, shut down unexpectedly. No one knew it was happening, including the authors or the editors, many of whom lost their jobs. News about the closure offered no answers...

‘To stay out late, to remain awake and mobile from dusk till dawn, to walk the streets all night as Charles Dickens did during a bout of insomnia in 1860, is to enter an unfamiliar state of being and...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s a busy publishing week as we continue our upward trek through the spring and early summer YA book release season. Two of...

A soft rain hammers at the window. I’ve pushed the couch to the other side of the coffee table because I need to get closer to my floor lamp. In front of me is a stack of 40 student...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week, there are four titles that all the bestseller lists can agree on. Surprisingly, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir isn’t in...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Our Zero to Well Read episode on “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville got me thinking of the form and how interesting it...