Two new books focus on lesser-known chapters of Black history. First, Kings & Pawns tells the story of Jackie Robinson and ...

One of the stars of director Rob Reiner’s film classic "Stand by Me" is set to narrate an audiobook version of the story that ...

The Soviet Union was a land of shortages, but there was no shortage of acerbic sayings. One I heard while working as a journalist in Moscow in the early 1980s: “A pessimist is a well-informed optimist ...

Eighty years after the end of World War II, scholars and writers are still finding ways to shed new light on the conflict. Four recent books uncover fresh insights. Telling the story of the battle for ...

“I would play any character in May Cobb’s delicious worlds,” Akerman says of joining the narration. THR also shares an excerpt. By Lexy Perez Digital Editor and Producer Malin Akerman is lending her ...

What are you reading on New Year's Eve? (image of Frank Millet's "A Cosey Corner" (1884) public domain CC0 via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, edit Lakshmi Rivera Amin/Hyperallergic) While 2025 might ...

Charles Beaumont is not this author’s real name; it’s the nom de plume of a former MI6 operative who now writes novels. And “A Spy Alone” and “A Spy at War,” which are part of his Oxford Spy Ring ...

This elegant novel about an actress happily married to an academic is split in half, offering two different narratives about the way a young man might come between the couple. It’s set amid the ...

Booklovers have a new metric to brag about for their 2025 reading: Spotify Wrapped is now including audiobook listening hours and other personalized data. “Everyone loves politely bragging about their ...

Exclusive: For the first year, Spotify is including audiobooks as part of its annual Wrapped package, with recent and newly announced adaptations making up the bulk of 2025's top picks. If it’s the ...