Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book ... Kansas City, a model and a reporter at The Village Voice, chronicling a lost New ...

In a book penned before Helene, a 13-year-old girl saves people and animals in a historic flood in the North Carolina ...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with karaoke and turkey; welcome Santa at parades and holiday tree lightings, and enjoy all of the festive music.

It took the patient sleuthing of a rare books and manuscripts curator from the Newberry Library to unravel the mystery of the ...

Great holiday gatherings are about friends, family, and food, and the occasional navigation around taboo topics. Cranberry ...

Two ancient clay tablets unearthed in Iraq have unveiled details of a long-lost Canaanite language closely tied to ancient ...

A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold for £36,000 after being bought for around just £10 in 1997. Christine McCulloch, who bought the book in Stratford-Upon ...

A mum who lost 12 stone in nine months says her husband jokes he's having an affair with a new woman because she looks so unrecognisable. Lee Clark, 38, has always struggled with her weight and ...

Matt Stone has written 1 shows including The Book of Mormon (Lyricist). What awards has Matt Stone been nominated for? Best Book of a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Book of Mormon ...

Bill’s wife Sita had already been a member of Slimming World and lost five stone. After trying to convince him to go with her, he decided to take the plunge. He explained: “The first few months were ...

Juhea Kim’s riveting novel follows a ballerina in search of a comeback.

Michael Castleman is the author of “The Untold History of Books.” It covers everything from cuneiform to Amazon, and it’s ...