Cosby is one of the most exciting novelists around, combining the skills of literary fiction with the thrills of visceral ...

Among the dozens of books I read in 2025 -- plenty of fantasy, romance, sci-fi, and other genres for my entertainment -- I ...

Not so long ago, non-fiction was in such rude health that it could spawn popular stereotypes. In 2023, for example, we met ...

In his new book, “Blank Space” — one of Book World’s 50 notable nonfiction books of 2025 — the critic and historian W. David ...

These picks—from authors including Imani Perry, Omar El Akkad, Sarah Wynn-Williams, and more—made an impression on our ...

Sales of non-fiction books have tumbled by 8.4% by volume – nearly double the dip seen in fiction paperback sales – between last summer and this. Overall, the total value of sales in the sector ...

At the age of 10, Haley Mlotek told her mother to get a divorce. In No Fault, Mlotek shares how divorce was a constant presence in her life, with her mother running a mediation and marriage ...

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 ...

From ghost-story minimalism to wartime memory, Rani’s two new works, premiered here, shimmer with imagination, although issues of balance diminished the piano concerto In a crowded post-minimalist ...

I have read so many great books this year that I knew it was time to make my list of the best nonfiction books of 2025. I wanted to have a list of all my favorite books in one place. Together, Jackie ...

My nonfiction list this year is wildly skewed—half tech dystopia, half mountain mysticism, with a multitude of memoirists weaving through the middle. It feels chaotic, but perhaps it mirrors the ...