Gandalf’s “You shall not pass” is an iconic Lord of the Rings line, but what else does he say to the Balrog when facing him ...

His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a silent Benedictine retreat. “You learn to love the world only by looking at it closely,” he wrote. By Anderson Tepper Your ...

An erudite literary critic with an ear for language, he also wrote a raft of nonfiction books. By John Cotter In “Embers of the Hands,” the historian Eleanor Barraclough looks beyond the ...

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We’ve spent the year reading nonstop—dog-earing pages, underlining passages, and tearing through the towering stacks on our nightstands—to find the books that truly blow us away. We all loved Oprah’s ...

But, while she wanted her husband dead, it seems someone beat her to the job. The latest book in the epic fantasy series finds clashes erupting all over the world and the fate of the Cosmere in ...

The best nonfiction books of the year tackle undeniably difficult topics. Many are personal stories about surviving the unthinkable. Salman Rushdie describes the violent attack that nearly killed him.

Dec 30, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky This year’s best music, our critic thinks, defied conventions of genre and doctrine, showing how hybrid and fluid the art has become.

See our favorite books of the year, from celebrity memoirs to buzzy literary fiction Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...