At this point, Egypt is ruled by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, started by Alexander the Great’s general Ptolemy I Soter. This is an Egypt ruled by an invading Grecian power that the people decided to ...

A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding. By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

The latest book in the phenomenally popular romance-fantasy Empyrean Series finds Violet Sorrengail leaving Basgiath War College, where she’s been studying to be a dragon rider, and venturing ...

In his latest book Dr Rangan Chatterjee teaches you how to smash the bad habits steering you straight towards burnout. Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests.

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 ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

It’s an interesting conceit for Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou in his new book, Dealing with the Dead – but it’s not his strongest work ...