Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Some literary favorites by the likes of Stephen King and Mary Shelley are getting the big-screen treatment this fall, including The Running Man and Frankenstein. The film adaptations ...

America, circa now. Things, most of which have been weird for a while, are getting distinctly weirder. The President of the United States is busy redecorating the White House and bent on buying ...

Charlie Kirk’s books and podcasts have skyrocketed to the top of charts across nearly every major platform after the 31-year-old conservative activist was assassinated last Wednesday. Kirk – the ...

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Grifters are publishing AI-generated books about the shooting for Charlie Kirk. Amazon has since removed them, but conspiracies about the book are spreading. Credit: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via ...

Bryan Browne tells stories on the streets of Saratoga Springs. That's how he earns his living, in the long tradition of buskers who perform and entertain for donations. Mr. Browne is also, as it ...

Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series just got a new entry: The Secret of Secrets is now available at bookstores everywhere. As fans of these books dive in for yet another mystery that only a Professor of ...

It’s back-to-school season and here’s your syllabus: the best books of the fall. This autumn's standout releases range from an intimate Jane Birkin biography to explorations of drug culture, ...

1. Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager: $35) The deluxe limited edition of a dark academia fantasy about two rival graduate students’ descent into hell. 2. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid ...