Today, I’m highlighting the top 10 adult non-fiction books checked out from the Spirit Lake Public Library last year. Two notable discoveries: half of these books were published before 2024, and ...

An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

When it comes to graphic design trends, book covers are surprisingly instructive. To step into a bookshop is to be surrounded ...

Our favorite books by Black authors Growing up as a young Black girl in the South, I saw positive representations of Black ...

How do you know what you’re reading? The Human Authored online portal uses a specially designed logo on book covers and ...

These momentous events are told in Tyler’s deceivingly simple prose, which focuses on the ordinary details of a day: grilling ...

Powell resident Angela Newland is now an award-winning author after her memoir, “The River House,” was given the esteemed Literary Titan Gold Book Award.

In “Bibliophobia,” Sarah Chihaya combines criticism and memoir to write about reading’s role in a life’s highs and lows ...

Ann Patchett, who owns a Nashville bookstore, has written numerous best sellers. She talks about her love of reading and how it inspires her writing ...

Marble won 18 major championships between 1936 and 1940. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1939. She was a celebrity on and off ...

"The Mother Next Door," co-written by Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber, showcases the complex realities of this devastating abuse.