Some of these titles, of course, include elements of other genres; in these cases, we’ve made judgment calls as to whether a book skews more “literary” or more “genre” and have placed ...

Here are the most exciting books we're most looking forward to sharing in 2025 Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

Similarly, the puzzle genre continues to produce new projects at a reasonable rate, even if the releases tend to be indie projects that do not attract too much mainstream attention. There are ...

A team studying the group behavior of ants has found that, in the right circumstances, ants can outsmart humans in collective problem-solving tasks. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of ...

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As 2024 winds down, this week’s Title Search puzzle celebrates fiction that appeared on the New York Times best-seller list at some point this year. The titles of 10 such books are hidden below ...

When I taught high-school English, I loved planning out the syllabus, book by book. Once chosen, one novel might lead naturally to another; certain titles seemed to go with certain seasons.

Unlike other serial killers, who were propelled by a relentless need for violence, the Zodiac's ultimate goal seemed to be ...

(Laura Battle, FT) "Funny, tender and deeply moving... [it] brought me more pleasure than any other book this year." (Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Sunday Times) The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke ...

In a short matter of time, it became a hit and was the second most-played puzzle after Wordle. Below are instructions on how to play and clues to help you solve the game, but the answers appear at ...

In this memoir, her sunny side is usually up. The best thing about the book, though, may be its darker aspects.” Inspired by the real-life photograph of a young prisoner at Auschwitz ...