Books May 18, 2023
R.F. Kuang wrote a blistering satire about publishing. The industry loves it.
The "Yellowface" author draws on her own experiences in the publishing industry to tackle issues like cultural appropriation and representation.
Books Oct 6, 2022
French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in literature
The Swedish Academy lauded "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory."
Books Jun 12, 2022
Director Werner Herzog finally finds his medium
The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with “The Twilight World,” a new book about a real-life Japanese intelligence officer.
Lifestyle Jun 11, 2022
A new way to choose your next book
'There’s Netflix for movies. There’s Spotify for music. But there really wasn’t an equivalent discovery experience for books.'
World / Social Issues Jan 31, 2022
Book ban efforts spread across the U.S.
Challenges to books are nothing new, but according to educators, librarians and free-speech advocates, the tactics and venues where they play out are changing.
Books Jun 9, 2021
A Chinese American gunslinger challenges the whiteness of Westerns
Tom Lin’s debut novel explores the lives of Chinese Americans and immigrants who have largely been omitted from the cultural history of the West.
Books Feb 27, 2021
'The Committed': Viet Thanh Nguyen writes unreliable narrators because he is one, too
Like his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, "The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen's new novel, "The Committed,” hinges on questions about individual and collective identity and memory.
World / Politics Jan 9, 2021
Simon & Schuster cancels plans for Josh Hawley’s book
Simon & Schuster said Thursday that it would cancel the publication of an upcoming book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, one of several members of Congress who tried to overturn the results of the presidential election. Hawley, an ally of President Donald Trump, has been ...