Looking for a way to reach your yearly reading goal? Join a book club. Not only will it hold you accountable, but you'll also get some new genres and recommendations. One survey, provided to USA TODAY ...

Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading. To the Editor: Re “Yes, Listening to a Book Counts as Reading,” by Brian Bannon (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 23): ...

Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

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Stephen King's "Never Flinch" is one of the best beach reads for summer 2025, featuring recurring King character Holly Gibney. Summer is for going to the beach, hitting the pool and soaking up the sun ...

A good book, along with an iced coffee, is all you need to feel like you’ve escaped the hustle and bustle. Here’s where to go ...

In a world that feels chaotic, and in the face of a never-ending negative news cycle, the feeling of a good book leaving you with a warm glow is unparalleled. Whether fiction or memoir, stories can ...

I have discovered many wonderful books, mostly in the young adult category, by reading news stories about what’s being banned in public schools these days: “Gender Queer,” the riveting, upsetting ...

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2024 Netflix SPOILER ALERT: This post ...

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...