Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff In her memoir, the former German chancellor ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing ...

This enthralling history of ancient Mesopotamia explores what unearthed clay and stone tablets tell us about the intimate lives of people who lived 4,000 years ago; from the imprint of a child’s ...

With new releases from household names like Percival Everett, Kristin Hannah, Leigh Bardugo, and Malcolm Gladwell, the Amazon ...

Everett's "James," a daring reworking of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," won the National Book Award for fiction.

Some of the symbols on the tokens are similar to those found in proto-cuneiform, as documented by Denise Schmandt-Besserat at ...

These are the books your favorite authors are most excited to pick up next year Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

While it’s easy to write off a book of mostly tour photography exclusively sold at Target as “just another piece of merch,” the reality is, it could have major implications for the book ...

What is a “girly drink?” Why are piña coladas, appletinis and other sweet drinks stereotypically associated with women? Why ...

Roger Lewis explores the historical injustices done to women throughout the Ancient history in Joan Smith's new book. The deaths of Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson were some of the ...