wWhen Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, the Industrial Revolution and British colonialism were in full swing. Charles Dickens published Hard Times five years ago; Queen Victoria nominally ruled over one-fifth of the world’s population. Science writer Rowan Hooper writes, Darwin devised his evolutionary theory to present what he thought his
I love reviewing books but sometimes the pace of reading them can be frustrating that classic I love Lucy episode In the chocolate factory. The conveyor belt speeds up and books keep arriving faster than they can be “wrapped” in the review. In the summer I get a chance to read some of the good
TeaThe Hugo is a fan-chosen award, voted for by the members. World Science Fiction Society. Specifically, this year each option was Too Selected by the readers of locus mag To appear on another major awards list, the Locus Awards. So there is a lot of consensus this year. The list is also full of previous
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last weekFrom Amazon’s picks for the best books of 2026 so far, to the winners of this year’s Nebula Awards, and much more. Amazon’s list of the best books
Jane Yolen, a children’s author who wrote about 450 books in practically every imaginable genre, including history, how-to, science fiction and poetry, and whose immensely popular children’s books, rich in folklore and fantasy, earned her the nickname “America’s Hans Christian Andersen,” died Thursday at her home in Hatfield, a town in western Massachusetts. She was
I The idea of writing a book about loneliness first came to me in 2012. I was 35 years old and had just moved to New York City when I became lost in a maze of isolation and sadness. A love relationship had ended suddenly while I was still high on expectations, excited with relief
Every month, there’s a flood of new children’s books vying for a spot on your TBR. But with so much competing for your attention, it’s easy to lose sight of the ones you’re most excited about. And often, you only hear about the titles with the biggest marketing budgets. So, how do you keep up
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week. Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi dies at 56 Iranian French writer Marjane Satrapi dies at 56. The cause and location of his death have not been shared, but