From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, this year’s top reads ...

“Theo of Golden” became a word-of-mouth smash hit. It sold 3,000 copies in 2023, then 24,000 in 2024. This year, sales ...

Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

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Which book is best out of this list of literary fiction, mysteries, nonfiction, memoir and more? That’s for you to decide.

Books have long been a source of inspiration, entertainment and education. Throughout the years, certain genres have captivated the hearts and minds of readers, becoming best-sellers and creating ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

Book sellers are seeing a surge in sales of books about dystopia, tyranny, and totalitarianism in the wake of Trump winning the election. NEW YORK — "The Handmaid's Tale" is selling again. Since ...

Before espionage fiction took over, there was a rather different dapper, sleuthing figure who captured the imagination of literary fiends across the globe. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has ...