Books News

NEW YORK (AP) — Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a “hoax” and dismissed 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration.

Marigold Hart walked out on her billionaire husband, taking their 7-year-old daughter with her. She moved cross country to New York City and has been living under an assumed name.

Paul Brightman, a former hedge fund manager, has been keeping a low profile, changing his name to Grant Anderson and making a modest living as a boat builder in a small New Hampshire town. But Paul fears it’s only a matter of time before he’s found.

If you read enough, you sometimes come across a book that defies description. That’s a decent enough way to start a review of “Old Soul,” the new novel by Susan Barker.

Kay Sohini’s move from India to New York was an escape, rebirth and reunion all wrapped in one, leaving behind an abusive relationship and broken family to start anew in the melting-pot city that already felt like an old friend because it's where her

NEW YORK (AP) — For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind.

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's latest honor comes from the country's public libraries.

NEW YORK (AP) — To celebrate an upcoming milestone, Alyssa Math could think of nothing more fitting than front-row tickets to “Onyx Storm” author Rebecca Yarros' appearance at The Town Hall in Manhattan.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea.

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham's acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are among the nominees for National Book Critics Circle prizes.