Contract killers have long been a staple of crime fiction, but they’re often a mere plot device: a means to a gruesome end. However, the popularity of such films as Get Carter ( ...

Keith McNally has won the 2026 Gotham Book Prize, given annually to a book about New York City, for his memoir, I Regret Almost Everything. McNally’s book, published last year b ...

The literary nonprofit PEN America says that the number of nonfiction books banned in public schools doubled during the 2024-2025 school year. In a new report, the group says that ...

Here are four new productions based on novels by Lauren Wiesberger, William Golding, Victor LaValle, and Tom Clancy.

Oprah Winfrey has selected Douglas Stuart’s John of John as the latest pick for her popular book club. Stuart’s novel, published Tuesday by Grove, follows John-Calum Macleod, ...

The winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, with Jill Lepore, Daniel Kraus, and Yiyun Li among the authors whose work was honored for achievement in literature.

Reese Witherspoon selected Alexandra Andrews’ The Fine Art of Lying as the latest pick for her popular book club.

Robert Crais won the best novel award for The Big Empty, his 20th book featuring Los Angeles detectives Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus called it a “potent and ...

Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry is getting a film adaptation starring Richard Gere, Deadline reports. Halliday’s novel, published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster, is composed of two nov ...

Rebecca Yarros will return to straight-up romance in a novel coming later this year—no dragons in sight. Amazon imprint Montlake will publish the bestselling author’s Peculiar ...

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The New York Times released a list of the best books of the year so far. “We’re a third of the way through 2026 and we at The Book Review have already written about hundreds o ...