What are the best visual novels? These dialogue-driven adventures envelop players in intriguing and mysterious worlds where every decision can lead to a series of satisfying conclusions.

The debut novel in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, Whose Body? opens with the discovery of an anonymous man’s body in a bathtub. Even more confusing is that the unknown victim is wearing nothing ...

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Get ready to fight back the tears—or simply give in. There’s something beautiful about sad books that make you feel like you’re holding your actual heart in your hands. Why do we read books ...

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. By Abby McGanney Nolan How do you explain ...

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The organization, whose mission is to protect the freedom to write, was looking for volunteers to code banned books. The goal was clear: Identify what types of information and representation are ...

By Alexandra Alter Two new books by psychologists explore the roots of group identity, arguing that it is natural and potentially useful — even in polarized times. By Jennifer Szalai In “Don ...

With fall’s arrival comes the promise of longer evenings — the perfect time to curl up with a mystery novel. This season’s offerings bring us quirky characters, puzzling murders and far ...

But there’s one school where the classic novel won’t be being read in classrooms – because it has been put on a very special shelf in their school library. A shelf full of “banned ...