After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs
Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier.
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Tony Horwitz's widow Geraldine Brooks writes a beautiful memoir of grief
Horwitz died suddenly in 2019 while on a book tour. In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks grieves her husband — and also reflects on the life she might have lived had they not met.
'The First State of Being' and 'Chooch Helped' win top children's book awards
This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.
Kate McKinnon's new middle-grade mystery is for all her fellow misfits
The SNL star says her new book is part of what she calls her “private mission to give a wink and a nod” to young people who might feel “different” — like she did — growing up.
In 'The Unexpected,' Emily Oster tackles the emotional toll of difficult pregnancies
The economist made a name for herself using data to challenge the accepted rules of pregnancy. Now, she's returning to the topic with a book on how to navigate its complications.
Growing up, he struggled to read. Then a young teacher saw his potential
Juleus Ghunta is a published children's author and award-winning poet. But growing up, he could barely read. That was until a teacher saw his potential.
'Worry' is a disturbing and honest picture of what it's like to be in your 20s
Alexandra Tanner's debut novel, Worry, centers two sisters in their 20s struggling with the love, anxieties and truths that they hold about each other.
The story of a devastating wildfire that reads 'like a thriller' wins U.K. book prize
John Vaillant's Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World was awarded Britain's leading nonfiction book prize on Thursday in London.
A refugee at 4, he felt like a lost star. Now his voice shines in a graphic memoir
When Stars Are Scattered is the story of Omar Mohamed's years at a refugee camp in Kenya. He cared for his brother and found the courage to dream big. The book was a National Book Awards finalist.
When Your Book Publishes In A Pandemic — Authors Talk About Terrible Timing
A league of unfortunate writers had their books come out in the height of the coronavirus crisis — there are even several online support groups for authors who published mid-pandemic.