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Here are five of Colleen Hoover's best books, including "Verity" and "Reminders of Him," and five that might not live up to ...

This month, pile your nightstand with Elizabeth Strout’s newest novel, Hugo Vickers’s biography of Wallis Simpson, and Jesmyn ...

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If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Springtime won't be complete without these must-read book recommendations Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, ...

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 ...

Stephen King's "Never Flinch" is one of the best beach reads for summer 2025, featuring recurring King character Holly Gibney. Summer is for going to the beach, hitting the pool and soaking up the sun ...

Credit...The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff We’re a third of the way through 2026 and we at ...

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This year may be remembered as the one that threatened to break our attention spans for good — if we manage to remember it at all. But despite a dip in book sales across the U.S., tireless discourse ...

We’re only halfway through 2025, but there have already been plenty of standout books published this year. There’s been particular excellence in genre fiction, with S.A. Cosby’s latest southern noir ...