Independent bookstores are pillars of their local communities—some bookstores are also coffee shops or wine bars, some of ...

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Gabriel Tallent is making a return with his first novel in more than eight years. Riverhead will publish Tallent’s Crux next year, the press announced in a news release.It will be the author’s second ...

Heart Lamp, written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, is the first story collection to win the International Booker Prize, given annually to a work of fiction translated into English ...

Every book lover has an ideal summer reading set-up: Maybe you like to read on the beach, with the sun beating down and the waves breaking at your feet, or on an airplane with no Wi-Fi, anticipating ...

First lady Melania Trump has released an audiobook edition of her memoir with an artificial-intelligence narrator. Trump made the announcement on the social platform X, in a post that reads, “A NEW ...

The Kirkus Star One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit. The Kirkus Prize The Kirkus Prize is among the richest literary awards in ...

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson stopped by Morning Joe to discuss their new book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice To Run Again. The journalists’ book, ...

On the first page of Aaron Starmer’s new young adult novel, Night Swimming (Penguin Workshop, April 29), a character says, “As I watch you sleep, I sing to myself, soft and mournful, a calming melody ...

Legendary basketball coach Dawn Staley discussed her new memoir on the Today show. Staley’s Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three, ...

In 2021, Netflix released three interconnected Fear Street films, very loosely based on a long-running series of YA horror novels by R.L. Stine. They tell the story of a string of murders in the ...

Betrayed by her husband, a severely depressed young woman gets drawn into the over-the-top festivities at a lavish wedding. Phoebe Stone, who teaches English literature at a St. Louis college, is ...