As 2026 approaches, we’re looking back on the stories that moved us most this year.

How are you rolling into 2026? I’m on a bit of a hot reading streak, which I’ll take! I had a lull in the middle of the year, so it’s nice to feel like reading is coming more naturally to me right now ...

We don’t need to tell you that it is cold outside. Which means, it is a great time to curl up in your favorite chair, under a warm blanket, and enjoy some great books. Our book lovers – John Williams, ...

Sometimes a great book just stays with you, and maybe even sets the tone for your whole year. I had gotten out of the habit of reading regularly until a layover in Chicago a few years ago, when I ...

2025 saw the release of so many incredible books, and I’ve already shared my roundup of the best books of 2025 so far, which included the likes of The Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise On The Reaping, ...

From romance and memoirs to mystery and fantasy, here are the 101 best book club picks, according to a survey of more than ...

From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, 2025 was full of great books. Read on for 30 of our favorites. The latest from the Pulitzer ...

Wendy Cope is big in Britain, where poetry isn’t quite as sidelined from the literary mainstream as it is here in America. You can see why. Her poetry has a sense of humor, without being merely silly ...

Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov, translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel (Orion, £18.99). A modest personal meditation on his father’s life and painful death, Georgi Gospodinov’s ...