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The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Karan Singh Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff Here they are — the 10 Best Books of ...

She's a children's book critic known to her followers as The Book Mommy, and she joins us now to tell us the surefire winners for getting kids to listen to a story. Thank you for being with us.

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...

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The L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup is here. Kicking off its 31st year, speakers include Pat Benatar, Tina Knowles, Reza ...

Nestled in the Northern Catskills, the tiny village of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents, and millions of fascinating characters, all stacked high on shelves. Hobart is a book village.