Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

It’s already shaping up to be the year of the reader, with plenty of buzzy on-screen adaptations bringing your favorite ...

Stephen King's "Never Flinch" is one of the best beach reads for summer 2025, featuring recurring King character Holly Gibney. Summer is for going to the beach, hitting the pool and soaking up the sun ...

Here's a list of the most checked-out books in the public library system in 2025. "The Women" by Kristin Hannah. "James: A ...

The year 2025 hasn’t started out great. We’ve seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, ...

Though news of the world can seem pretty grim at times, we at Greater Good try to see beyond the headlines. We know from research that it’s important not to give in to pervasive anger or despair. Even ...

When life gets overwhelming, the kids’ schedules have gone haywire, or when I’ve just finished a novel that gave me the biggest book hangover, my next read calls for something that just makes me feel ...

When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Actresses Irene Maiorino and Alba Caterina Rohrwacher on the television series "My Brilliant Friend," based on a novel by Elena ...