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Was Amazon's success from innovating retail or cornering the market on e-commerce when the internet was still a fringe part of society? Was it by creeping into every part of our daily lives, from shopping to entertainment to health care?
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Novelist Amy Tan's The Backyard Bird Chronicles centers on an array of birds that visit her yard, as Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World recalls lessons from birds that galvanized her teaching.
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These new books will take you from murder in present-day Texas to cryptography in Cold War Berlin to an online community that might hold the solution to a missing-person case.
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According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida.
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As libraries across the country face existential crises on many fronts — budget cuts, closures, book bans — one librarian in San Francisco is leading a fightback on social media.
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Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors.
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King's first novel, Carrie, turns 50 on Friday, and in honor of her birthday we asked you to share your favorite Stephen King story. More than 1,000 replies poured in in just a few days.
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Experts say it's better to set a goal you can stick to and make reading more of a community affair.
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"The Stacks" host and creator Traci Thomas talks about book clubs: why to start one, how to select books and tips on keeping it running smoothly.
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Overall, the number of individual titles challenged in both school and public libraries spiked by 65% — the highest level ever recorded by the ALA.