Once the holidays are over, you may look around you at a floor full of spent wrapping paper and sad ribbons and wonder, “What’s next?” A whole new year, that’s what, and a dozen great books worthy of ...

By Emily Eakin His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a silent Benedictine retreat. “You learn to love the world only by looking at it closely,” he wrote. Here are the year ...

In this book on the eighteenth-century designer William Kent, Tim Mowl recalls how he ‘outed’ Horace Walpole in a lecture to the Georgian Group: ‘A number of ladies walked out in protest. It was not ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

“I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” In Adam Haslett’s ...

Prince William met Kate Middleton when they were both students at the University of St Andrews and the pair began dating in 2003. The couple announced their engagement in November 2010 and were ...

Prince William is the eldest son of Charles and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. In his early life, he grew up at Kensington Palace with his younger brother Prince Harry, where he still ...

67 x 60 x 75 cm. (26.4 x 23.6 x 29.5 in.) ...

Rohan Gurbaxani talks about working with Arjun Rampal in Bandish Bandits season 2 and his preparations to ace the role of a prodigy pianist.

January 7, 2025 • Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

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