Belle Burden shook off her natural reserve to turn her viral divorce essay into “Strangers,” a bracing memoir.

The media superstar, who has struggled with weight for much of her life, and a Yale School of Medicine doctor team up for a ...

Evangelical author Philip Yancey sold millions of books about the importance of grace. But after confessing to an eight-year ...

Children’s advocate Karen Vaites reacts to a new report showing students rarely read full books as reading scores decline nationwide. Trump dials Collins with 'profanity-laced rant' over Venezuela war ...

Former Democratic President Barack Obama has once again capped off the year by sharing his highly anticipated list of favorite books, movies and music—continuing a tradition he began during his time ...

Ray Bradbury gave a characteristically prescient interview to the Seattle Times over 30 years ago, in 1993. “The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading ...

In American high schools, the age of the book may be fading. Many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and ...

Audible's new Harry Potter full-cast audiobook series has already received its second entry. This new form of the Harry Potter books kicked off just last month with a unique interpretation of The ...

Howard A. Husock’s “The Projects” (NYU, 240 pages, $29.95), a history of public housing in America, is largely a story of failure. When Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating the Federal Housing ...

Slate receives a commission when you purchase items using the links on this page. Thank you for your support. In a chaotic and distressing year, books provided a respite, a chance to commune with ...

The New Deal, George Selgin suggests, did not work the way most historians claim. This economist’s eye-opening analysis shows that the increased government centralization of the 1930s rarely resulted ...

I’ve read the Harry Potter books at least half a dozen times throughout my life, but it’s been a long time since my last run-through. It’s a lot easier to just turn the movies on in the background at ...