Theodore Roosevelt was a man who never stopped fighting. He grappled with his own physical deficiencies, railed against ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be ...

Little Golden Book Biographies has created a children's biography about the legendary singer, and it's available for ...

In Mark Twain, a doorstopper of a biography, Ron Chernow examines Twain’s family history, boyhood and career and much more.

"They were trying to protect him." As Geronimo appeared in newspaper accounts, magazine articles and books, there was a growing romanticism about Indians, and Geronimo himself was eager to embrace ...

May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

Does book slang have you scratching your head? If you have no idea what "TBR meaning" is all about, brush up on these fun terms and acronyms commonly used in Book World. Every subculture has its ...

Celebrity bookworms are here to stay. Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have ...

Peace is a Shy Thing” (St. Martin’s Press, 2025) by Dr. Alex Vernon, the first literary biography of noted writer Tim O’Brien--author of “The Things They Carried”—hit bookshelves May 27. Vernon is the ...

With Vianne, Joanne Harris rewinds six years past the events of her bestseller. It’s deft, if you can dodge the cloying aphoristic wisdom ...