Witherspoon launched her book club in 2017 with the goal of “sharing stories centered around women to elevate their voices,” and it has since become a phenomenon in the publishing world, almost ...

The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut. Autumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart; their mothers are still best friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny ...

With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. Sarah ...

Everyone knows that if you want to be a better author, you need to read. And sure, everyone needs to read, but you can’t ...

Featuring 287 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: interviews with Maggie Stiefvater, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Meg Medina, and J.D. Netto; and ...

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

Decades ago, the first thing you’d do in a new job was print out fresh business cards. They’d have your name, your ...

Forget the latest sudden death in St. Denis. The real story here is the torching of police Chief Bruno Courrèges. It’s Bruno himself who finds Monique Duhamel dead in her car, parked in an overlook ...

Bill Gates has released his annual summer reading list, consisting of five memoirs that the business executive and philanthropist says helped inspire his own. Microsoft co-founder Gates published his ...

Betrayed by her husband, a severely depressed young woman gets drawn into the over-the-top festivities at a lavish wedding. Phoebe Stone, who teaches English literature at a St. Louis college, is ...

Betrayed by her husband, a severely depressed young woman gets drawn into the over-the-top festivities at a lavish wedding. Phoebe Stone, who teaches English literature at a St. Louis college, is ...

A decidedly warts-and-all portrait of the man many consider to be America’s greatest writer. It makes sense that distinguished biographer Chernow (Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton) has ...