Even without all the prepublication buzz, Lili Anolik’s new book, Didion & Babitz, was always going to have immediate resonance. How could it not, when Joan Didion has long been the ultimate for ...

She enjoyed listening to country music, traveling, and working on jigsaw puzzles and puzzle books. Joan was a member of the Sixth Avenue Global Methodist Church. Joan is survived by her fiancé ...

A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding. By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his ...

As depicted in the new Dylan biopic starring Timotheé Chalamet, A Complete Unknown, when Bob Dylan met Joan Baez in 1960, Baez was by far the bigger star. Impressed by the young singer, Baez was among ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. By A.O ...

The latest book in the phenomenally popular romance-fantasy Empyrean Series finds Violet Sorrengail leaving Basgiath War College, where she’s been studying to be a dragon rider, and venturing ...

“Shattered” recounts the experience and its aftermath. In his new book “Everything Must Go,” Dorian Lynskey recounts two millennia of apocalyptic predictions. Amazingly, it’s not depressin ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

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One Day, a picture book by the beloved children’s author, follows the true story of a father and son escaping Auschwitz by train ...