Read an excerpt from the book and an interview with King here at Esquire. Valencia grew up on the West Coast and lives on the East Coast, but her debut collection is fixated on the desert states.

Get ready to be wowed by the latest books from authors such as Neel Mukherjee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Tom Hindle and Alex Michaelides.

By Laura Miller Two dreamlike picture books explore the ennui particular to the colossus. By Dave Eggers Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 ...

Nobody wants to be mid, or middling. “Middle” is a tricky word. By A.O. Scott Check out new books by Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers, and revisit familiar worlds from Karl ...

The opening page of Malka Older’s new book says simply, “There are other ways to live.” That idea carries through so many of this year’s best science-fiction books, which are full of ...

August 28, 2024 • Turns out Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague at the same time and had the same circle of friends. In a new graphic novel, Ken Krimstein puts us in the room with ...

2. All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman upends her domestic life in this irreverent and tender novel. 3. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds ...

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The only problem? Library waitlists are months long, considering the film and book’s popularity right now. Luckily, Audible makes it easy to sign up for its Premium Plus subscription and read a ...

Several other well known books have transformed for the big screen this year, including comics like The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, childhood stories like Harold and the Purple Crayon and more.