I love a year-end review. I'm enjoying everyone's reports from Spotify, but I'm really not an avid music listener. When I do listen to music, it's Taylor Swift. And when I listen to Taylor Swift, I ...

We asked staffers at children’s publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children’s or YA book they read this year. Our only condition: it couldn’t be a book that their company had published.

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 ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

Page Six may receive compensation or an affiliate commission if you click on or make a purchase through our links. Prices are subject to change. We encourage supporting local and independent ...

‘Tis the season for reflecting on a well-read year. So, after all that reading, which books are we still thinking about now? The truth is, the best book of the year is deeply personal to every reader.

On the Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: From AI thrillers to found-family favorites, 2025 gave us stories that hit hard. USA TODAY Books Reporter Clare Mulroy joins The Excerpt ...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has GRRM talking about finishing Game of Thrones again. Why wait, when you could just read his terrific debut novel?

I love a year-end review. I’m enjoying everyone’s reports from Spotify, but I’m really not an avid music listener. When I do listen to music, it’s Taylor Swift. And when I listen to Taylor Swift, I ...