The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans remain stubbornly high, announcing that 2025 saw the second-highest documented level of book challenges, narrowly missing the top spot recorded in ...

Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital formats. Overall, 75% of U.S. adults say they have read all or part of at ...

The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 with ISBN numbers jumped 32.5% over 2024, to more than four million books, according to statistics compiled by Bowker. The increase was led by ...

We don’t need to tell you that it is cold outside. Which means, it is a great time to curl up in your favorite chair, under a warm blanket, and enjoy some great books. Our book lovers – John Williams, ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The NBCC also announced finalists for special awards including its lifetime achievement honor Riverhead Books;Pantheon;Scribner The 2025 ...

For the second consecutive year, unit sales of print books were up at outlets that report to Circana BookScan, hitting 762.4 million in 2025 for the year ended Dec. 27, 2025. That marks a 0.3% ...

More and more readers are joining book clubs, even on social media. Here's how it's keeping bookworms engaged Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025.

In these final days of 2025, Ivanka Trump has shared her favorite reads of the year on X. The Planet Harvest co-founder and daughter of President Donald Trump posted a list of books that she says ...

2025 offered a feast of great books. To help build your never-ending reading list, here are five titles we particularly enjoyed over the past 12 months: Lucas Schaefer's debut novel, "The Slip" (Simon ...

From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, 2025 was full of great books. Read on for 30 of our favorites. The latest from the Pulitzer ...

From left to right: "Heated Rivalry," "IT: Welcome to Derry" and "Forever" (Credit: Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max, Netflix, Brooke Palmer/HBO) The book adaptation has been growing steadily in Hollywood for ...

Our favorite books this year (in no particular order) included definitive memoirs by music figures as varied as Ozzy Osbourne, Lionel Richie, and Cameron Crowe; chronicles of bands long gone and those ...