The winners of the prizes were chosen from books that received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews during the eligibility period of Nov. 1, 2025 to Oct. 31, 2026. The winning authors each receive a ...

Finalists in the category of young people’s literature are Elana K. Arnold’s Holloway, Tae Keller’s When Tomorrow Burns, Keala Kendall’s That Which Feeds Us: A Hawaiian Gothic, David Levithan and ...

The organization’s latest Index of School Book Bans, released Monday at the start of Banned Books Week (Oct. 4-10), reports that 11,982 books were banned during the period, the highest since PEN ...

Bestselling thriller novelist Lee Child is speaking out about why he passed on another big-screen Reacher film.

In observance of Banned Books Week, as well as the ALA’s 150th anniversary, the organization has compiled a list of the 150 most challenged titles from 1990 through 2025. The ALA’s Office for ...

In a new book, Oscar-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas is opening up about a top-secret on-set affair. On Friday, People shared an excerpt from Douglas’ forthcoming mem ...

Read the feature to learn more about Osman and the trio of detectives in his latest novel, including Rosie D’Antonio, a bestselling novelist in the vein of Jackie Collins. And here are a few of the ...

Memoirs are nonfiction; the whole point of the genre is that you’re writing a story about your own life.  But memoir ...