On the second Saturday in February, the Pflugerville Public Library hosts one of its signature events, an afternoon of fun ...

Other books we recommend this week include Dorian Lynskey’s study of the role the apocalypse plays in the cultural imagination, Caleb Femi’s rave-influenced poetry collection and new novels by Adam ...

Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and TJ Klune; a Booker Prize nominee and more.

It’s among the more playful matters on his mind in “Shattered,” a memoir of the injury that took away his ability to turn ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Charmaine Wilkerson about her new book, Good Dirt. Justine Kenin is an editor on All Things Considered. She joined NPR in 1999 as an intern. Nothing makes her ...

With the dawn of a ceasefire in Gaza, the writer reflects on collections by Palestinian poets that don’t lose sight of love ...

Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and ...

Charlotte Wood’s novel, a Booker Prize finalist, follows an atheist whose mysterious path led her to live among nuns in a ...

Superbloom,” by Nicholas Carr, and “The Sirens’ Call,” by the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, argue that we are ill equipped to ...

In “Talk,” Alison Wood Brooks mines years of data to optimize your conversations.

In an interview with PEOPLE, Lola Kirke discussed working with Greta Gerwig, living with Courtney Love and her memoir "Wild ...

Read by: the author Length: 5 hrs, 35 mins. Speed I listened: 1.9x I thought the actress/singer Lola Kirke was great in ...