The best of this year's fiction features characters who, like so many, feel like they don't belong anywhere, even when ...

Fall is a huge season for books, leading up to the holidays. We take a look at some of the most anticipated fiction titles coming out in the next few months. OK. We're going to take some ...

"Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot-and it will ...

Two fiction books about good friends coming from different circumstances. Two biographies of people whose influence on American culture is, arguably, still underrated. One Liza Minnelli memoir. These ...

These standout novels represent the best newcomers to the literary scene this year Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Books inspired by existing intellectual property are nothing new, but the trend may be gathering steam Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books ...

Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as exploration. In periods when public attention turns toward unanswered questions about ...

The current cultural fascination and frustration with artificial intelligence is nothing new. As far back as the 1921 Czech play R.U.R. — the workers-rights story that first coined the term “robot” — ...

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