While you could fill a library with biographies, autobiographies and other nonfiction books about U.S. presidents, the stories of their wives and families often get pushed aside. However, with ...

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Clark Gable reading the novel "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. One of his greatest roles was that of Rhett Butler in the MGM film adaption of the book. For history enthusiasts, historical ...

We love good historical fiction—a novel that takes the sweep of history and brings it into sharp focus through individual characters and their tangled motivations, cloaking fact in richly structured, ...

Historical fiction has the unique power to bring the past to life, shedding light on forgotten stories and overlooked ...

What’s spookier than Halloween this fall? Having an empty to-be-read list! But there’s no need to fret if your library holds are barren or your nightstand bookstack is a little thin – USA TODAY has ...

Welcome in autumn with some of our picks for the best books to read this season Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Spine ...

The current mini-boom in socially committed Black American crime fiction continues with the ambitious Cosby’s excoriating ...

These books just nabbed National Book Awards, among the most coveted prizes in the literary world. How many have you read?

Carl Wilkinson selects his must-read titles ...