Books are written to shift narratives. Here are Essence’s Top 20 Best Books that should be on your Fall Reading List.

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Waiting by Michael Connelly and By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult.

Part social commentary, part magical realism, part quest narrative, Lonely Castle in the Mirror unveils itself slowly, making it an ideal book to sink into. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868) ...

When you use links on our website, we may earn a fee. The best baby books are engaging for both infants and older babies, pleasurable for the grown-up to read aloud, and often stand the test of time.

Every week of new titles surprises with some surprising link (five books that reference cucumbers!) (eight books about the ...

Depending on how you define “memoir” — must it be a coherent narrative, or does a posthumous collection of diary entries ...

These terrifying tales by the likes of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson are more than good reads: They’ll freak you out, too.

As New York and Philadelphia became hubs for publishing in the United States, there was a need to sell more books to a ...

Lev Grossman weaves a fresh new take on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, while paying homage to everything from Thomas Malory to Monty Python in the process.

Depending on how you define “memoir” — must it be a coherent narrative, or does a posthumous collection of diary entries ...

As the title says, this book will tell you how to live your best life.

The fall of 2024 will see scores of new book releases coming a store or library shelf near you ... must-read list for fall.