“I have often been a first or only African American in many of the science spaces that I’ve been in,” says Beronda L. Montgomery, “And I’ve thought about, ‘What does that mean, and what do I want that ...

Beloved New Children’s Book Where Are You Going, Sammy Snail? by Author Jennifer Schwipps. A beautifully told springtime ...

The school plans to continue celebrating the literacy-focused day as it inspires students to pick up a book and read.

At the very back of the garden stood an old apple tree. It was different from other fruit trees. The guava tree was neat and sensible. The pear was happy all the time. The hibiscus bush minded its own ...

Spotify is expanding beyond streaming music and audiobooks to bring physical books into its app. The company has announced a partnership with Bookshop.org that will let users buy real paper books ...

In February, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Emily Brontë’s Gothic story of love and revenge. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin is an editor at the Book Review and the host of the Book Review ...

The book that made me cry the most as a kid.

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Hunter discovered that if you recalibrate a course to prioritize “developing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vernice and Annie might have grown up together in Louisiana, but in this well crafted and absorbing new novel from the author of ...

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity. Each Harvard University freshman in the “Tree” seminar must choose a single ...

The tech platform will allow readers to move between physical and audiobooks and offer the sale of books from independent bookstores. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer About two years after the launch ...

With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the only newspaper book-review section to have been ...