From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

In her new book 'She The King', Aditi Narayani recounts the life and times of Ahilyabai Holkar – 'a queen who governed like a ...

To understand the Chola rulers, “you must not look just at literary claims but also the hard evidence,” says historian ...

Per the book, Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, had warned that if the president had a bad fall in 2023 or 2024, he might have to use a wheelchair while he recovered. Not surprisingly ...

As three new books about the unforgiving pseudoscience of motherhood show, the specifics of the maternal imperative have shifted over the decades — yet the notion that a woman can succeed as a ...

Gautama Buddha has been such a towering figure for over twenty six centuries of human history that there is no shortage of authors attempting to put together his life story cast as that of a ...

This purpose is affirmed by the choice of images carved into the pillars of the mandapa. The Chola kings’ tradition of promoting various arts, including the royal patronage of Bharatanatyam ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week tilt heavily toward investigations and exposés — they include a study of the wellness industry ...

Readers in one Massachusetts book club spend an hour each month uniting in complete silence, and they are usually reading different books. “It is a sapphic, medieval horror," said Jessie Wright ...

Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm is returning to the boxing ring for the first time in over 12 years. Holm is the latest woman to join the growing group of female boxers at Jake ...

An Ohio man is accused of burning 100 library books on African American, Jewish and LGBTQ history, sparking a public outcry. The Beachwood Police Department said the man checked out the books in ...

Meanwhile, our fiction picks include books with alternate timelines, ones that blur the boundaries between what’s imagined and what’s real and multiple dark academia novels. Here are 30 ...