The best apps for tracking your reading and discovering new books
There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one f...
Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK – podcast
The bestselling author says her books will no longer be supplied to UK bookshops over fears of prosecution. Zoe Williams and Haroon Siddique reportFor...
‘Many family stories’: Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet takes out ABC radio poll of top 100 Australian books
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium dominated by menCloudstreet, Ti...
Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in the UK because of Palestine Action support
Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales because of her support for groupSally Rooney has said she is...
Success is more than endless intensity. Here are five books that redefine success as a sustainable, holistic activity grounded not in winning life but...
Children’s books with Black main characters down 8% in a year, study shows
Only 150 of 2,189 titles published in UK for young children last year focused on minority ethnic, disabled or neurodivergent charactersThe number of c...
Our reporter Kim Barker goes inside a storied Kyiv book market that was hit by an air strike. Russian attacks have damaged millions of books in Ukrain...
Verity's Colleen Hoover Reveals Movie Made Her Rethink Book's Ending
Warning: This story contains major spoilers for Verity.
Colleen Hoover hasn't completely closed the chapter on this ending.
As the author prepares for...
Dare We Say You’ll Fall Hard for These New Autumn Books
One chapter is all it takes.
To fall in love—with a book at the very least. Because we can’t promise you’ll have the same literary meet-cute Dua Lipa...
Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google's AI note-taking app, Gemini Notebook, can now pull information from the books you've purchased. The new "Expert Intelligence" feature allows y...
Iceland’s Murder Rate Is Off the Charts — in Its Books, at Least
The Nordic nation has almost no homicides, yet crime fiction is its favorite literary genre. That means writers face a challenge: making murder feel b...
Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their ...
Ukrainian publishers call for support after Russian attacks destroy 10m books
The country risks ‘the collapse of the entire book ecosystem’ following destruction of warehouses in July and August, say Ukrainian publishersThe Ukra...
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby
One of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks. On a Kindle or Kobo you can download tens of thou...
Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’
The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison and John le Carré to James BaldwinBarac...
13 new books in August will get you through the dog days of summer
This month brings riveting novels about dogs, Hollywood stars, small towns and characters with bigger woes than just the sweltering summer heat and hu...
