Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for her debut novel, Swift River.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Actor Johnny Depp will collaborate with director Ridley Scott on a series of graphic novels inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Many authors naturally gravitate toward a particular subject matter or genre. Mystery writers may change up their formula but ...

The Kirkus Star One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit.

Numerous other candidates appear—along with short fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and young adult literature—in our special issue dedicated to the best books of the 21st century (so far). The ...

The human stories behind news images of Syrian war refugees emerge in a novel both touching and terrifying.

A Black writer's cross-country book tour becomes a profound exploration of love, friendship, and racial violence in America.

Though the Civil War is over when this novel opens, the threat of violence and the persistence of bigotry still loom over a Georgia town.

Contemporary romance gets the attention, but some of the best novels being written today are historicals.

When her neighbor Big Foot turns up dead one night, Janina Duszejko and another neighbor, Oddball, rush to his house to lay out the body and properly dress him. They’re having trouble getting hold of ...