Great Books Are Not Good for Everyone

The best graphic memoirs of the year (so far) offer hope and humanity

These 5 memoirs call on their authors' inner resources and the wisdom of the world around them

Tessa Bailey & More Authors Reveal Their Beach Bag Books for Summer

Belle Burden is no stranger to a good book. In fact, the best-selling memoirist has quite a few that will serve as main characters within her beach bag this summer. “I do think the number one book...

Yiyun Li: ‘Moby-Dick’ is the Great American Novel of pursuit and destruction

Like its country of origin, the book is unabashed, sometimes self-indulgent, often brilliant and never subdued or apologetic

5 Romantasy Books That Are Perfect From First Page to Last

Thanks to the popularity of books like Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses, romantasy is positively thriving — but, as with any genre, it’s difficult to find releases that are perfect from the first page to the last. Starting a novel strong and maintaining that momentum for 300+ pages is no easy []

Find yourself in a reading slump? Here are 5 ways to get your book joy back.

There might be a psychological reason for your reading slowdown. The post Find yourself in a reading slump? Here are 5 ways to get your book joy back. appeared first on Upworthy.

Summer books for grown-ups... who still want a scorching read: No airport novels here - our reviewers select the 27 best intelligent page-turners to make your holiday sizzle

Summer books for grown-ups... who still want a scorching read: No airport novels here - our reviewers select the 27 best intelligent page-turners to make your holiday sizzle

Fiona Sampson’s 6 favorite books detailing life histories

Fiona Sampson’s 6 favorite books detailing life histories

7 books for stock market investors recommended by Raamdeo Agrawal

Motilal Oswal Chairman Raamdeo Agrawal says purposeful reading shapes better investors and recommends seven timeless investing books, including works by Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Philip Fisher and Howard Marks, urging readers to internalise key lessons instead of chasing dozens of titles.

Luxury Reading Retreats Are a Hot Summer Travel Trend. Here’s How to DIY Your Own

You don’t need to spend a fortune to create your own personalized reading retreat to luxuriate in books and reset your addled brain.

What's your pick?: Five books to read this summer

Whether you're soaking up the sun on the beach or relaxing at home, these five reads are guaranteed to pull you in from the very first page.

The five best graphic novels, according to Heartstopper author Alice Oseman

The author of the book that became a global TV hit is also a dedicated comics reader. She picks her favourites

The cost of over-reliance on antibiotics

The book presents a diverse array of useful perspectives — though India is not a lone contributor or victim as painted

Pour enfin mieux aimer

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Forestar: Below Book Value, But Not A Buy Yet

Forestar: Below Book Value, But Not A Buy Yet

The Nigerian Books That Deserve Netflix Adaptations

Nollywood makes the most money from comedies and relationship dramas, which leaves many local books sitting on shelves. It is not that directors lack interest in adapting these novels. The block is purely financial. Foreign publishers handle the rights for big contemporary titles, and they expect options paid in US dollars. That currency gap makes... Read More Read » The Nigerian Books That Deserve Netflix Adaptations on YNaija

Books open new worlds

Books open new worlds

An affair, a bushranger, and ‘Getting Murdoched’: 14 new books to dig into this month

From a deep dive by two former journalists to the latest from a prize-winning author, here is a selection of books for July.

'Right books matter as much as...': Motilal Oswal chairman reveals 7 definitive books

He added that readers do not even need to agree with every perspective an author presents. The true value lies in how the text challenges, shapes, and expands an investor's independent thinking framework.

10 best new dark fantasy books for fans of The Witcher and Game of Thrones

Read stories of heists, magic, monsters, and morally gray characters.

More on the ephemera of fame

I was in a bougie furniture story in Denver yesterday, looking at bookcases with my wife, who soon found herself annoyed by my spectrumesque tendency to fail to focus on the bookcases because I was so fascinated by the books inside of them. What was fascinating to me was that I didn’t recognize any of [] The post More on the ephemera of fame appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

Barnes & Noble's Pre-Order Sale is Here and is Going to Want These Cosmo Reads Books

Trust us, your TBR is going to thank you!

Four Contemporary Books That Seek to Change Humanity’s Understanding of Itself

Throughout history, certain books have aimed not merely to inform but to transform. They challenge accepted wisdom, offer new ways of understanding the world, and encourage readers to reconsider assumptions that have long been taken for granted. In the twenty-first century, several ambitious works have attempted to do just that — not by focusing on []

5 Books That Define America--for Better and for Worse

5 Books That Define America--for Better and for Worse

Ban the Books

Walk into a bookstore anywhere in the country. Chances are that, somewhere toward the front, you’ll see a glossy display table labeled “Banned Books.” The same is true for... The post Ban the Books appeared first on First Things.

How to Find Joy on a Quiet Day in

This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. In his 2022 essay on how to want less, Arthur C. Brooks recalls a line from Ralph Waldo []

BOOK REVIEW: Witnessing: Three Decades of Faith

A rich diversity of perspectives BY GREG S. CASTILLA THERE IS no title more fitting than “Witnessing: Three Decades of Faith” for a book that stands as a testament to

5 of the cheapest places to buy books online

Discover the cheapest places to buy books online, from used book marketplaces to bargain retailers with titles starting under 1

विश्वभ्रमणमा यती

स्नेहा प्रधान अमेरिकाको कार्नेजी मेलोन विश्वविद्यालयमा स्नातकोत्तर तहका अन्तिम दिन गन्दै थिइन्। त्यहीबेला उनी आँखाको सुक्खापनका कारण पढ्न र स्क्रिन हेर्न नसक्ने भइन्। भनिन्छ, कहिलेकाहीँ जीवनमा आइपर्ने आकस्मिक अवरोधले नयाँ अवसरको ढोका ढकढक्याउँछ। स्नेहाको हकमा पनि यस्तै भयो। आँखामा आएको समस्याले उनको पुस्तकसँगको सम्बन्ध टुटेन, बरु अडियो बुकमार्फत अझ गाढा भयो। तर, त्यसबेला उनले कोर्सका []

I've read countless fiction books by Irish authors – I recommend these three

There's so many truly terrific novels written by Irish authors that I could recommend but below are three that came to my mind almost immediatley after I considered the question

Amicus Brief: Majestic Realty v. Salazar

Amicus Brief: Majestic Realty v. Salazar

Reading Good Literature Can Help Restore America’s Civic Virtue

Americans don’t read literature much any more. I sense, perhaps, a collective shrug from many — who cares if Americans don’t read fiction? Those who favor republican government should care. Reading is a marker of the relative health of a democratic society.

Modern library at Bagh-i-Jinnah to promote reading culture: Zeeshan Malik

Modern library at Bagh-i-Jinnah to promote reading culture: Zeeshan Malik

Traveller’s Tales from the Middle Kingdom

Traveller’s Tales from the Middle Kingdom

40% of Americans didn’t read a book last year. These 3 are worth the exception

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Third Eye Spotlight: Good Devils Don’t Play Fair with Evil One-Shot

Every so often a book lands on our desk that we cannot shut up about. This is one of them. GOOD DEVILS: DON’T PLAY FAIR WITH EVIL is a 64-page, Read More The post Third Eye Spotlight: Good Devils Don’t Play Fair with Evil One-Shot first appeared on Third Eye Comics Hobbies.

Appendix 1: On the Literature of Liberalism

Mises's guided reading list of the essential works of liberal thought, from Hume, Smith, and Bentham onward, for readers who want to study the tradition in depth.

Will Quantum Computing End Cryptocurrency?

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Award-winning novel brings acclaimed author Carles Fenollosa to Ondara

Literature lovers gathered in Ondara on Friday June 19 as Valencian author and essayist Carles Fenollosa presented his acclaimed novel []

To Kill a Mockingbird at Wyndham's Theatre: Supremely well put-together

Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of the classic novel returns to the West End and retains its considerable power

Boys, men, and dads

It’s easy to overlook the 1951 novel Dan England and the Noonday Devil. Published in the long shadow cast by his first and most famous 1928 novel, Mr. Blue, Myles Connelly’s third and personal favorite [...]

Rich Paul on Sixers: ‘How could they not have [LeBron’s] attention?’

It’s hard to deny the smoke around LeBron James and the Sixers.

Summer reading: 5 books being adapted for film, TV

Summer reading: 5 books being adapted for film, TV

EXTRACT | Tsietsi Mashinini was now the most hunted man in South Africa

Read chapter four of 'A Burning Hunger' by Lynda Schuster and stand a chance to win a copy

5 famous books that are genuinely better to read on a Kindle

Sometimes you want to hold a book in your hand, but at other times, reading it on a Kindle is the only good option.