In January, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Xenobe Purvis’s debut novel, about a small English village grappling with a dangerous rumor. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an editor at the ...

Rafqa Touma found herself in a binge-slump reading cycle from following recommendations on social media. Could booksellers in actual bookshops help? “I’ve read through most of the longlist for the ...

In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading. By Emma Dibdin Reading rates are declining — a recent study showed that the ...

Every year, I set myself a reading challenge. These are sometimes small—read more poetry; read older books—and sometimes quite large. More than a decade ago, I spent an entire year reading nothing but ...

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If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

New books by Liza Minelli, David Sedaris, Maggie O’Farrell and Yann Martel are among the literary highlights of the year ahead 2026 is already promising plenty of unmissable releases: there are new ...

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Two fiction books about good friends coming from different circumstances. Two biographies of people whose influence on American culture is, arguably, still underrated. One Liza Minnelli memoir. These ...

A small-town murder mystery promises twists and turns, but having the story told from two unreliable perspectives is what hooks readers of Alice Feeney’s 2020 thriller His & Hers. The miniseries ...

2026 is going to be an undeniably excellent year for books. As the hosts of The Read Room, a literature-meets-late nights event, the ultimate perk of the job is of course: the books. While we love ...

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