You know that feeling when you finish a book and just have to discuss it with someone? That's a great book club book. Here ...

Eighteen books by Princeton professors have been selected for inclusion in 2025 year-end “best of” lists — in some cases, multiple lists. The accolades celebrate faculty novels and short stories, ...

It was the best-of times (you know, that period in December when we do the best-of lists). But it could feel like the worst of times: There’s so much to read before the year finishes! Well, there’s ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

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The annual list of books that packed a punch — from reinventing classic characters to shedding light on elusive icons to taking us on epic journeys to ... our backyards? By Borys Kit Senior Film ...