The Village Voice looks at the 50th anniversary of "Ragtime," E.L. Doctorow's tale of injustice and revenge in early 20th century America.

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

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Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The start of the year offers ample chance to dive into a good book. From lighthearted reads ... from the 19th Century who was part of Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic.

Buying books is a thrill, but traditional ink-and-paper quickly gobbles up space on your shelves. Fortunately, modern bookworms have come up with modern solutions. The e-reader with an E Ink ...

Making resolutions is easy. Making them stick? Not so much. That’s why we’ve combed through the newest self-help books to bring you the 12 most useful published now through April. We’ve found advice ...

The expected decline in sales makes week-on-week comparisons hard to make, as even the most successful of books have seen a decline, while year-on-year comparisons are complicated by the phasing ...

Some of these titles, of course, include elements of other genres; in these cases, we’ve made judgment calls as to whether a book skews more “literary” or more “genre” and have placed ...