The Texas Book Festival and the Library of Congress National Book Festival will honor former first lady Laura Bush with a lifetime achievement award, the festivals announced in a news release.

Jones’ novel, published last month by Knopf, follows the friendship between Vernice and Annie, two women who grew up in a small Louisiana town in the 1950s and lost their mothers when they were ...

The PEN/Faulkner Award was established in 1981. Previous winners include David Bradley for The Chaneysville Incident, David Guterson for Snow Falling on Cedars, and Imbolo Mbue for Behold the Dreamers ...

The Cleveland Foundation announced the finalists for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, given annually in four categories to books that contribute “to our understanding of race and ...

Award-winning Indian novelist Geetanjali Shree, author of The Roof Beneath Their Feet, headlines a special issue dedicated to international literature. Award-winning Indian novelist Geetanjali Shree, ...

The winners of the Audie Awards, given annually by the Audio Publishers Association in recognition of “distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment,” were announced ...

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The long-awaited tell-all from the president’s niece, a clinical psychologist.

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Featuring 365 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, YA, and audiobooks; also in this issue: an interview with Namwali Serpell, booklists; podcast highlights; and more One of the ...

Nobelist Ishiguro returns to familiar dystopian ground with this provocative look at a disturbing near future. Klara is an AF, or “Artificial Friend,” of a slightly older model than the current ...