USA TODAY editors, reporters and team members share their best holiday gift recommendations—from fun beauty buys to cool tech ...

The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans remain stubbornly high, announcing that 2025 saw the second-highest documented level of book challenges, narrowly missing the top spot recorded in ...

The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 with ISBN numbers jumped 32.5% over 2024, to more than four million books, according to statistics compiled by Bowker. The increase was led by ...

For the second consecutive year, unit sales of print books were up at outlets that report to Circana BookScan, hitting 762.4 million in 2025 for the year ended Dec. 27, 2025. That marks a 0.3% ...

Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel (Orion, £18.99). A modest personal meditation on his father’s life and painful death, Georgi Gospodinov’s ...

In these final days of 2025, Ivanka Trump has shared her favorite reads of the year on X. The Planet Harvest co-founder and daughter of President Donald Trump posted a list of books that she says ...

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From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, 2025 was full of great books. Read on for 30 of our favorites. The latest from the Pulitzer ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This was the kind of year that felt 100 years long, so who could blame us for leaning into a bit of escapism? Some of us buried our noses in ...

The 2025 Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade airs on ABC on Christmas morning, continuing a tradition that began in 1983 and has become a staple of holiday morning television. It’s hosted by ...

'Tis the season for celebration. Many stars got into the festive spirit this Christmas, working harder than Santa Claus' elves to deck the halls for the Dec. 25 holiday. "Christmas for me starts with ...