Congratulations to the recipients who are being recognized for "early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come."

In this week's edition, the Bubonic plague, a brutal but beautiful debut about the bond between two brothers, two fantastical historical fictions, and a novel Louise Erdrich says "makes a compelling case for compassion over blame."

The National Book Critics Circle handed out awards for fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, criticism, and poetry for outstanding books published in 2018.

A nail-biting novel by Peter Heller, "the great Zambian novel you didn’t know you were waiting for," a madcap noir, and more. 

Warm up with spring’s most essential reads, according to Amazon Charts pre-order data.

Prime Reading offers more than 1,000 books and magazines for free download to Prime members. Discover 10 of the hottest books in Prime Reading now.

Today we look back at a magical year, a few big books of 1999.

"After many years of being silenced and afraid, books are what helped me build the courage to speak up against...injustices and tell the stories of the women in my debut novel."

These 9 winners of the PEN Literary Awards are dominated by fresh voices new to the literary landscape.

"Books are a reason to believe in magic"...

A 1930s murder mystery in Malaysia swirls around a houseboy, a dance hall girl, and a restless weretiger in Choo's newest historical novel.

Many a tale of fractured families, but also a fascinating biographical novel that tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (and the famous film that followed).   

Jasmine Guillory's The Proposal was recently named a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick. Guillory shares with us three of her favorite recent reads, from novels to nonfiction.

"Fiction isn’t for role model building, fiction is doing something much more complicated and deeper than that..."

Five books we recommend both reading and watching...