Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt will be reprising their roles

Our pick of the 14 most gripping reads of the month

From buzzy sequels to highly anticipated series conclusions, these are the fantasy books we’ll all be reading this November.

The debut novel by Kim de l’Horizon explores family trees, ageing and the burden of transgenerational trauma.

The winners of the 76th National Book Awards—given every year in Young People’s Literature, Translation, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction—will be announced next week in a ceremony hosted by Jeff Hil…

Young readers can look forward to a picture book about the pleasures of observation, a middle grade historical caper, a YA tale of time travel, and more notable titles hitting shelves this month.

When I finally picked up Fourth Wing earlier this month, I quickly fall headfirst into the romantasy hype.

When I found Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut, My Sister, The Serial Killer, on my father-in-law’s shelf, I knew a couple of pages in that I was reading something special, and the book was finished in a single sitting. Seven years have passed, so you can imagine my excitement at learning that…

On Nov. 11, Canadians will mark Remembrance Day. CBC Books has curated this list of books giving insight into experiences of war, its impact on human life and its lasting reverberations.

There Is no Antimemetics Division by qntm; The Merge by Grace Walker; Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel; Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin; The Strength of the Few by James Islington

Desmond Clifford It’s a strange experience reviewing a novel which is 75 years old and is itself a historical fiction set in the 1820s/30s. A lot has changed but context is important. ‘Rape of the Fair Country’ was originally published in 1959 into a world where coal and steel still dominated the Eastern Valleys. Cordell […]

‘I’m going to be thinking about this for the rest of my effing life’. Two massive Pullman fans come to grips with the last instalment of Lyra Silvertongue’s story.

There’s a thrill a second with these three intriguing mysteries

All year long, Amazon’s Books Editors read widely and thoughtfully, curating standout titles across key genres including literature & fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, history, mystery & thriller, romance, and more.

It’s a grown-up list more interested in weighty themes of family and ageing than the experimental novels that have dominated recently. But which book should take the prize?

This could be the best debut of the year

Twenty-five years on from her dazzling debut, and as a new collection of essays comes out, we assess the British author’s best books

The month’s most exciting art books are by Olivia Liang, Patti Smith, Sue Roe, AS Harah, and others.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Rose Field by Philip Pullman and A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor.

Spanning across art, fashion, travel, music, and more

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy may be the blueprint, but you’re guaranteed to fall for all of these novels.

Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games … Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night

South African-Scottish author admired for her first book You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town, a collection of short stories

From cultural appropriation to gender, Smith nails the politics of creativity. But on actual politics, she is less assured

This wildly atmospheric tale of a reunion of dying people in a crumbling seaside hotel borrows tropes from cosy crime, but is truly chilling

Do you cope with anxiety by reading about survival? If so, try some of the books on this list, which look at catastrophes across history.

From beloved children’s characters like the Gruffalo to classic literature, there’s a book advent calendar for everyone.

From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the novelist at his peak

Esquire names 27 titles to its best books of 2025. Here’s what made the cut.

A selection of non-fiction, short stories and novels by Palestinian writers about their experience, culture and history

The latest novel from Cynthis Rogerson is sounds ambitious, but it wears that ambition very lightly in a narrative as fun as it is profound.

The I Love Dick author combines autofiction with memoir and true crime

Social media plays a big role in teenagers’ lives today. These YA romance books show the highs and lows of growing up online.

This could be the best debut of the year

A new collection brings essays, fiction and fragments together in a wild if uneven portrait of a restless mind

The German actor’s real-life meltdown is the springboard for this compelling autofictional account, in which the author sets out to write about Kinski during lockdown

Clambering up bell towers, dancing the night away and falling in love – how ‘saint’ Malala forged a new identity

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In the latest novel from the acclaimed avant garde author, the narrator considers the impact of the relationships she’s left behind

From memoirs to picture books to sci-fi, these books all feature characters who neopronouns, like ze/zir and e/em.

When the novelist was faced with the decision of whether to pursue fertility treatment or focus on her career, her literary ambitions kicked in

The playwright’s only living descendant traces the shadow cast by his trial – and his rehabilitation as a gay icon

This could be the best debut of the year

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The author and illustrator said the stolen iPad had not been backed up

The bell’s ringing, school’s very much in: learn a lesson from these new non-fiction book must-reads

New books by Graham Robb, Anna North and Edwidge Danticat reviewed

We rounded up the best of the genre, from classics by George Orwell and Octavia E. Butler to recent bestsellers.

The Haunting of Morsley Manor author George Morris De’Ath runs down some of the most haunted houses in fiction…

The 88-year-old’s jaunty whodunnit, set during the prohibition era, features clowns, Nazis and a missing cheese heiress