Relax: audiobooks aren’t cheating. Cognitive science explains why. — “What have you read lately?” For an audiobook fan, that question opens a can of worms. Am I allowed to answer with the audiobooks I’ve been listening to? Do I have to say I listened and didn’t read them? Should I just stick to books I sat down and read…

Get ready to sweat and swoon. — Fifty Shades of Grey brought a whole new crowd to the romance genre. Readers were hooked by the power, money, and sex in the story and wanted to read more of the like in the genre. …

Someone once said, talking about music is like dancing about architecture… — And while it might be true that most of what we love about music gets lost on the way to the written word, in many books you can find stories about music that nobody has ever heard (with some interesting exceptions). …

Nonfiction books gave us a lot in 2022. — They challenged our ideas on the ways we see the world. They offered insight into history, nature, science, and more. They even gave us new perspectives on the lives of celebrities. Ed Yong’s An Immense World will make you see nature and the world around you with wonder. Learn about…

Discover which books the richest of the rich like to read — It seems everywhere we turn these days, we’re hearing from billionaires. Whether they’re sounding off on the latest social movements, opining on government policy, or headlining a SuperBowl halftime show, the 0.01% are seemingly inescapable. But what we want to know is, what are the books billionaires read? Recommended by…

For viewers of The Last of Us who want to spend many more hours wandering a post-apocalyptic landscape, here are some of the best books in which humanity staggers on after facing near-extinction. — In The Last of Us, the hit TV series based on the Sony Playstation game, humanity has been devastated by a fungus that attacks the brain and turns infected people into murderous zombies who seek to infect other humans-or simply tear them apart. The relationship between Joel, a man who…

Book bans are a hot topic, and there’s no sign of a cool down coming. — Throughout the United States in particular, school boards are facing an unprecedented number of challenges to books included or even considered for inclusion in public school libraries. …

2022 was the year TikTok’s ability to drive interest in books finally caught fire. Here are some of the books that set BookTok ablaze. — There are a few qualities that run through the books that caught on with BookTok in 2022. With few exceptions, these are love stories. Some are fairly straightforward stories of romantic love between two people, and others are about love between families-but big feelings of desire and belonging are strung…

The way we work has changed a lot over the past year, and many more of us working remotely than ever before. So how do we make this work-at-home lifestyle work? — The books on this list are intended to help you excel at every aspect of remote work. From communicating effectively with coworkers, to better time management, to creating an at-home workspace that’s conducive to productivity, these books will give you the tools you need to be successful.