If summer is the time for escape reading, fall may be a great time to "re-engage" with thought-provoking books about politics, identity, life after a hurricane and the role of technology in our lives.

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Books “make people who are not like us more human,” says Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation. She grew up loving books and their ability to make readers more empathetic to unfamiliar ideas and characters, even when…

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In the book "Big Chicken," Maryn McKenna chronicles how humanity went from developing antibiotics to keep healthy to standing on the verge of an onslaught of unstoppable diseases.

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Books from independent publishers are often less easily surfaced or visible. Here are 7 terrific books from indie presses you may not know.

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The NewsHour asked its staff for recommendations of books or poems that helped them survive a period of loss. In their own words, here are 10 possible reads for someone who's grieving.

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It’s almost summer -- a time to catch up on missed readings, turn back to old favorites, and discover new ones. For the best summer reads, we turned two authors who own independent bookstores: Louise Erdrich, who owns Birchbark Books…

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She read the whole durn thing.

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For National Library Week, we asked the New York Public Library -- the largest library in the country and one of the most beloved -- what we should be reading right now.

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"The Last Word," an independent bookseller in Lahore, Pakistan, recommends five books that "celebrate the provocateur, the vilified, and the misunderstood."…

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This week, we went to Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado for their thoughts on what to read. Here are five recommendations from the staff, who chose to focus on books that explore joy, inclusivity and the human condition.

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