The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

From an indigenous vampire story to the tale of two sisters living in a cosmic whale, this year’s books kept us guessing.

Superhumans of the Radium Age edited by Joshua Glenn (MIT) Part of the Radium Age series — reissues and anthologies of ...

Highlights among the year’s novels and short-story collections, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you our latest reviews , thrilling historical mysteries , the essential ...

In addition to its No. 1 pick, Amazon announced a list of 20 favorites. Here are Amazon’s best books of 2025: The ...

Books are like balms — grabbing the right book at the right time can provide the perfect antidote for what you’re going through at that very moment. Whether you need a dose of hope, happiness, comfort ...

It analyzes the forces of corruption and moral probity, capitalism and benevolence—all the rich contradictions and ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

In Rushdie’s first work of fiction since the 2022 knife attack that left him with life-changing injuries, his characters face ...