The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...

Everett, a Brown University alum, was joined by winners in nonfiction, poetry, books in translation, and books for children.

Percival Everett’s “James" won the National Book Award for fiction. For nonfiction, Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...

An appointed panel in Texas reclassified "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" from nonfiction to fiction at county library.

Comedian and author Kate McKinnon, Jon Batiste, Barbara Kingsolver and Percival Everett were among the performers and ...

Kate McKinnon hosted the ceremony, which honored authors Percival Everett, Barbara Kingsolver, and Jason De León, among others.

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view.

MP’s sequel to The Plot, reads less like a true-crime thriller and more like a monologue overheard on a night bus ...

Prominent author Richard Flanagan won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, for his novel Question 7 and has ...