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We asked 16 queer authors to share the best LGBTQ books they've ever read. Here are their top picks. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from your ...

Do you like to read for fun? What do you read? "I like to read for fun because for school you have to read chapter books, but for fun you can read any book you want. I like to read 'Goosebumps' ...

Algonquin scores bilingual rights to Caro De Robertis’s novel about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Harper takes a memoir from late filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, and more.

May 28, 2026 • Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, grew up with tales of local townie Johnny Appleseed. So when he found himself in need of a long, mind-clearing walk, he traced the ...

Chicago writer Maggie Hennessy's first book is “Hamburger Bible.” George Motz wrote the cross-country odyssey ...

As 1968 began, Paul Ehrlich was an entomologist at Stanford University, known to his peers for his groundbreaking studies of the co-evolution of flowering plants and butterflies but almost unknown to ...

A new book brings together ethnography, neurobiology and primatology to argue that how much our species sleeps is an evolutionary trade-off, with lessons for how each of us can sleep better.

Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from your purchases. What makes time-travel books so fascinating? A key genre of the science fiction ecosystem, ...

Move over karyotypes—genetic disorder detection has vastly improved. Researchers are now using array CGH (aCGH), to quickly scan through an entire genome for imbalances. Because aCGH facilitates ...

L-R: Belmont Cameli in 'Off Campus,' Jennifer Garner in 'The Five Star Weekend' and Anya Taylor-Joy Prime Video, Peacock, Apple TV Several best-selling books will make way for returning TV shows and ...