Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Bengaluru Rural MP, has urged the Union government to establish a separate national sandalwood board to address the concerns of sandalwood growers across the country. Raising the ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

Books can be a refuge from (waves arms) all this, even when they take you deeper into the darkness of 2025. There is a grace in the relationship between book and reader, with nothing but your eyes and ...

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Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...

The author announced the release date and cover of her long-awaited new book, "Woman Down," in an exclusive clip aired on TODAY on Sept. 10. "It is a thriller, probably one of the darkest books I've ...

Oprah Winfrey has made her latest book club selection, and this time it's a fan favorite. "The River is Waiting" by Wally Lamb (out now from Simon & Schuster), a propulsive crime novel following a ...

Sharing thoughts and opinions at a book club can build self-esteem and strengthen social skills. Source: cottonbro studio/Pexels Book clubs are making a comeback, and it’s good for your mental health.

"Playground," by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Powers, is a brilliant novel about artificial intelligence and the race to save the Earth's oceans. The story involves a computer genius, a ...

“This year’s best books mattered because they offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads,” writes Dwight Garner in a piece in which the Book Review’s three staff critics look back on their ...