In Emanuela Anechoum’s novel, “Tangerinn,” an Italian Moroccan woman examines her family’s legacy of immigration, and tries ...

To this day, I wish I’d asked why the longtime Democrat was at right-leaning Hoover, but this was Barry Diller. Everyone wants to talk to him. Which in a sense explains this review of his excellent ...

The year 2025 has officially come to an end, and a glance at our shelves tells us our collection of books has almost doubled ...

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 ...

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner party where it was read and the future dystopia that embraced it. By MJ ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 2025 is coming to a close, and looking back, we're thankful for the great fiction released from January to December. From mysteries to ...

When The Book of Mormon first landed in Oslo in 2017, it became an instant sensation, drawing packed houses and proving that Norwegian audiences were more than ready for its mix of outrageous humor ...

An interviewer once asked James Baldwin if he’d ever write something without a message. “No writer who ever lived,” Baldwin said, “could have written a line without a message.” This is true. People ...

Pittsburgh Review of Books editor Ed Simon lives in Pittsburgh, but he looks beyond it, too. Generations of literary-minded folk have turned to the New York Review of Books (founded in 1963) and the ...

Apple today launched its personalized 2025 Year in Review experience for Apple Books, featuring users' top books and audiobooks of the year. Starting today, the 2025 Year in Review appears prominently ...