The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look.

Bonnier Books UK has bought two more books by award-winning author Tia Fisher: a narrative verse YA novel, Not Going to Plan, with Hot Key Books, and her debut middle-grade novel Operation ...

This book pulls out all of Henry’s signature stops: sparkling banter, thoughtfully rendered family trauma and a charming community of side characters. These stories, set in an alternate version ...

At its best it is like being given a back-door key into the language ... fiction or nonfiction, prose or verse, translation or original writing. Her books include verse novels, a poem-essay ...

Philemon 3-5 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and ... there are other times when he strongly covets the prayers of ...

Books have long been a powerful means of communication, entertainment, and education. A select few books have transcended language, culture, and time to become global phenomena throughout history.

But this is just the start. Educating students to become good people who contribute to their communities and the world is complex—and our favorite books of 2024 reflect that. If you are imagining a ...

And those aren’t even three of my 10 favorite books of 2024. Surely you have your own? Social media is awash in lists of reads from last month, last week, last year, driven by the same shock of ...

In Solvej Balle’s new series of novels, the concept of a time loop is more than a gimmick; it’s a way of rethinking human ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It was a year of trailblazing memoirs, groundbreaking history books, and dazzling novels. While it is always hard to whittle down a whole year ...

From film to TV to Broadway to the hyperreality of one all-consuming press tour, here are the performers we couldn’t keep our eyes off in 2024.

Frederick and Mary Adegu flaunted their Bible knowledge as they smoothly recited the entire book of Philemon The two Vihiga county children did not stutter as they recited the New Testament book ...