Michael Chabon's new novel is based on deathbed conversations with his own grandfather, as strong painkillers unlocked the stories of a long full life -- stories Chabon says he'd never heard before.
Before the summer beach reads and big fall releases start piling up, catch up on the best books 2016 has given us.
Benn Ray, one of the owners of Atomic Books, recommends a book about the Satanism paranoia that swept the country in the 1980s.
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" swoops into theaters this weekend. It has all the magic of the original "Potter" stories, but we're in the world of adults now.
If you don't love a book, do you finish reading it anyway? Or do you move on and get another?
Coined in an era when comics were considered "junk" culture, "graphic novel" is a hoary, meaningless, and often completely inaccurate term. Comics are comics; stop apologizing for them.
Decades before he became a beloved children's book author, Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) created a series of whimsical sculptures he called "Unorthodox Taxidermy."
The BBC polled dozens of book critics to find the best our young century has to offer.
The election has left people with a lot of questions. This reading list is aimed at sharing perspectives, offering insight and building understanding.
"Imagine that you're reading a book by holding just one thin, paper-like screen -- a computer, really." That was a grand new idea back in 1996, when MPR News reporter Mary Stucky looked into the future of publishing.
Longtime Fresh Air TV critic David Bianculli's new book lays out what he calls the "Key Evolutionary Stages" in the development of the medium -- and the constant conversation we're having with it.
Colson Whitehead's reimagining of the Underground Railroad took home the award for fiction. Rep. John Lewis, who collaborated on a graphic novel about his work with the Civil Rights movement, won in the Young People's Literature category.
The Academy says Dylan told them that "he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible."
The last page of your favorite book can be a heartbreak. What story do you wish had continued? What literary world do you wish you could revisit?
There are some clear motivators in life: money, love, revenge. But there's more to motivation than these obvious factors, according to a new book from Dan Ariely.
In her book 'Settle For More,' the Fox anchor shares scary and empowering moments covering the 2016 campaign. But Kelly says she doesn't regret not going up against Roger Ailes earlier.
"Gone Girl." "The Girl on the Train." "The Girls." "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." What's behind all the "girl" titles?
Belle Boggs spent five difficult and painful years trying to get pregnant. In her new book, she shares what she learned about the longing and the business of trying to become a parent.
From kidnapping to reincarnation, and cadavers to the Opium Wars, this reading list will take you down some strange, delightful and terrifying rabbit holes.
The narrator of Zadie Smith's new novel is never named -- fitting, for a book about the illusions of identity and the ways people try and fail to know and define themselves.