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The three books you need to get your mind right in the new year
January 4, 2025 | 7:00amThink of it as shelf help.
Goodreads Choice Awards 2024: 14 award-winning books you need on your shelf
December 31, 2024 | 9:15amThe people have answered.
The best books for Gatsby fans for some festive New Year's reading
December 30, 2024 | 9:00amJust one night's all we got.
How a young entrepreneur-turned-billionaire became the most dangerous man in China
December 28, 2024 | 8:00amA new book details the life and rise of Chinese dissident Jimmy Lai.
Jim O'Heir reveals James Spader stood up for him on ‘Boston Legal’ set: 'Dude is so intense'
December 27, 2024 | 11:31am"The director snapped awake. The crew got into place." — Jim O'Heir
The 2025 new book releases we're most excited about, according to two avid readers
December 25, 2024 | 11:30amThe it-list of what books to read in 2025, listed.
The must-read list: 15 can't-miss books to read in a lifetime, per reviews
December 24, 2024 | 11:30amAll of those "you have to read this at least once" titles.
Hanukkah and Christmas make for a delightful mashup — so why not celebrate it all?
December 21, 2024 | 1:09pmChristmas and the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day this year. "Thank God," writes Zibby Owens, the editor of "Being Jewish Now."
Meet the 74-year-old 'night watchman' who's truly the last of his kind: A 'cultural marvel'
December 21, 2024 | 10:10amNight watchman Roland Borg is one of several fascinating people profiled in the new book "Custodians of Wonder."
The 17 best contemporary romance novels of 2024, according to my book club
December 20, 2024 | 4:28pmYou'll want to add all of these to your TBR.
Man tried to return overdue baseball book 50 years later -- but the library wasn't buying it
December 15, 2024 | 6:52pmChuck Hildebrandt wanted to do the right thing and return his overdue sports book to the library 50 years late. The library wanted no part of it.
These are the 30 best books of 2024
December 14, 2024 | 7:00amCaptivating thrillers, epic novels, unforgettable memoirs ... and much more.
Author crying at empty book-signing event gets surprise happy ending: 'I was just going to quit last night'
December 12, 2024 | 1:34pmA concerned bookstore employee chronicled this literary "Little Match Girl" saga in a video with over 9.4 million views on TikTok.
'Fairy porn' novels are getting Gen Z and millennials all hot and bothered: 'A little bit of shame'
December 11, 2024 | 1:12pmThey are living out their wildest fantasies between the pages of "romantasy" novels.
I read 128 books this year, and these are the 17 best books I gave a 5-star rating to
December 9, 2024 | 2:34pmDrumroll, please.
My father was a serial killer — here's how I exposed his chilling secret and turned him in to police
December 8, 2024 | 1:57pmApril Balascio has written a new memoir, 'Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father'
'When the good times turned dark': Behind the scenes of an 80s Miami cocaine cartel
December 7, 2024 | 1:00pmOver the course of the 1970s and 1980s, "Cocaine Cowboy" Willy Falcon and Salvador "Sal" Magluta, perfected cocaine trafficking.
Inside Nvidia's takeover of the AI world — and why its success shouldn't be a surprise
December 7, 2024 | 11:00amFor some, Nvidia’s rapid ascent to being the world’s largest company was a shock, but for anyone paying attention their eventual success should have been obvious.
Grab Reese's Book Club December 2024 pick and all others on her list, with ratings
December 6, 2024 | 2:30pmHere are all of the books included in Reese Witherspoon's Book Club, along with descriptions, ratings and reviews.
The 11 best books we read in November 2024, ranked and reviewed
December 4, 2024 | 3:24pmPlus, exclusive insight on most titles from Amazon Books editors.