Looking for your next great read? We asked critics, authors and literary folks about town to share books they're most excited for in 2026, featuring 20 new works by Tayari Jones, Claudia Rankine, ...

A personal reflection on how a slim book of letters offers warmth, focus, and meaning on days when time is short and life ...

Ten works of fiction and nonfiction that stood out among those our reviewers read this year, selected by the Journal’s books editors.

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

The Texas Education Agency is proposing a lengthy list of books, Bible passages and other literary works that would be ...

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Re “Students Are Getting a Reader’s Digest of Books” (front page, Dec. 15): Kudos for calling attention to a troubling trend. Acknowledging the problem is the first step toward addressing it. The ...

Marci Pelzer knew her father, Dan, was an omnivorous reader. She had watched him devour books since she was a little girl. But Marci didn't know about his list until 2006, when Dan was 73. She ...

As 2026 unfolds, the literary world is already alive with fresh ideas, powerful narratives, and voices that demand attention.

Classics are not the best books ever written. They are the books that survived a flawed selection process., Books, Times Now ...