In last week’s episode of the Book Review podcast, the host Gilbert Cruz and his fellow editor Joumana Khatib offered a preview of some of the fall’s most anticipated works of fiction. This week they ...

Nonfiction books are a crucial bulwark against the surging public culture of “alternative facts,” outright lies, and the brazen embrace of ignorance. These developments suggest a rough future for a ...

China Books Review, a digital literary review magazine published by Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China, has announced the shortlists for its annual Baifang Schell Book ...

The Washington Monthly is pleased to welcome nominations for the 2025 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing. The ...

Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s regular multiple-choice quiz about books that have gone on to find new life as movies, television shows, theatrical productions and more. This week’s ...

With 44 million book titles around the world and roughly $28 billion in revenue from book sales, Amazon has become a go-to source for readers, for better or worse. People purchase around 780–800 ...

Ruth, the impish narrator of Kate Riley’s debut novel, is born into a little and little-known Anabaptist sect in Michigan. Riley, drawing on her own experience, feels no rush to lay out the group’s ...