Truly, 2017 is The Big Year for wonderful popular science books about biology. It’s taken me one agonizing week to narrow down my choices for the best biology books of 2017 into a stack that can be ...

1. "Wonder" (Knopf Books for Young Readers), R.J. Palacio's 2012 story of a fifth-grader struggling with a facial disfigurement, now the basis of a feature film. 2. "Milk and Honey" (Andrews McMeel), ...

Jay Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why" and Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" top the American Library Association's list of "challenged" books from 2017, those most ...

The start of a new year makes most people a little reflective and there's no better way to begin that stocktaking process than with an Irish book. 2017 was a banner year in Irish publishing and we'd ...

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Miriam Gurba’s brilliant memoir is expansive. She weaves together personal narrative, true crime and poetry seamlessly, the disparate parts united by a razor-sharp wit and a stunning richness of ...

Stop scrolling through social media and dig into a best-selling book instead. When is the last time you read a really really good book? Of course, finding the time to read a book seems impractical, so ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. We asked you to tell us which books helped get you through 2017. The responses below ...

1. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Doubleday, $29) Give David Grann's latest a chance to get its hooks in you, and "it will sear your soul," said Dave Eggers at The New York Times. A ...