The special slipcased version of the wonderful Tolkien Illustrated Edition of The Hobbit released in October.

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In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

The latest book in the phenomenally popular romance-fantasy Empyrean Series finds Violet Sorrengail leaving Basgiath War College, where she’s been studying to be a dragon rider, and venturing ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.