His new book, Penguin Press says, “is humbling but it is also remarkably hopeful. These stories add up to a compass that leads us to the courage to try new things and the wisdom to embrace them. In a ...

The finalists for the Hugo Awards, given annually to outstanding works of science fiction, have been revealed. Nnedi Okorafor made the best novel shortlist for Death of the Author ...

Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin Random House, will publish the Texas Republican’s Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas in the summer, the press announced in a news release. It ...

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T.J. Stiles has won the Biographers International Organization’s 2026 BIO Award, which “honors an individual who has advanced the art and craft of biography.” Stiles, a Minn ...

The American Library Association revealed its list of the 11 most frequently challenged or banned books of 2025. Patricia McCormick’s young-adult novel Sold, about a Nepalese gi ...

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The Los Angeles Times announced the winners of its annual book prizes at a ceremony Friday night at the University of Southern California. Bryan Washington took home the fiction a ...

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