An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book jacket, are all they’re cracked up to be.

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. “Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s ...

and never worried about getting eight hours sleep! The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our capacity for attention and connection has been devastated by the digital age “Elita” is a novel ...

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood, so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left ...

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Caves are natural shelters. Throughout our history, humans have made extensive use of them as spaces to create art, inter the dead and butcher animals for food and clothing. In this countdown ...

In need of a good read? Or just want to keep up with the books everyone's talking about? NPR's Book of the Day gives you today's very best writing in a snackable, skimmable, pocket-sized podcast.

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...