It's always bittersweet when you finish a book. But, there is always one thing readers can take comfort in: the acknowledgements section. Nestled in the back of nearly every book is a special page ...

Yesterday, The New Republic published a delightfully snarky piece by XX Gabfester Noreen Malone about the “current ridiculous state of the ‘Acknowledgments’ section,” which, Malone argued ...

A professor shared book acknowledgment pages, where men thanked their wives for typing their manuscripts. #ThanksForTyping soon sparked a conversation on women and their uncredited roles in academia.

Turn to the final page in Lane's 2020 novel "A Star Is Bored," and you'll see the surprise he left for his longtime boyfriend, buried in the acknowledgements. Byron Lane's proposal. Courtesy ...

That said, publishing a book, especially your first, can be overwhelming and it’s perfectly fine if you want to thank your elementary school teacher, your extended family (including second cousins), ...

Acknowledgment pages are also more personal than credits. Truthfully, they are probably closer to liner notes. But books are their own beast. They usually don’t hold the same relevance for the ...

Members of the royal family have been omitted from the acknowledgements section of the Duke of Sussex’s new book. Harry’s autobiography Spare, due out on Tuesday, has sparked a furore, with ...

Fiction writers usually thank friends, relatives and publishers in small type at the end of their books, inviting readers to move straight into the story. This is sensible, because one wants to get to ...

The acknowledgements pages of most books make pretty dull reading, a litany of overblown thank-yous to names unknown. But in his second volume of autobiography, the waspish art critic Brian Sewell ...

John Boyne’s latest book includes a small Zelda easter egg, despite being set in the real world. The author appears to have accidentally used a Polygon Zelda guide to find the real-world ...