Darrell Kinsey has won the Center for Fiction’s 2025 First Novel Prize for Natch.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a Texas county’s ban of 17 books from its public library system, the Texas Tribune reports.

In these new releases, performers explore their lives (judiciously) or tell of pursuits that go beyond their professions.

Journalist and author Olivia Nuzzi will leave her role as the West Coast editor of Vanity Fair magazine, the New York Times reports.

The screenwriter and director, known for his films including Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Django Unchained, took aim at the author, claiming her Hunger Games series of young-adult dystopian ...