Arguably one of the most challenging genres to write is humor. When it works, it works beautifully. But when the jokes fall ...

Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for her debut novel, Swift River.

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

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

Stacey Abrams discussed her latest novel, Coded Justice, on NBC News Now.

Actor Johnny Depp will collaborate with director Ridley Scott on a series of graphic novels inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Gary Shteyngart reflects on his new novel, Vera, or Faith, and his long writing career. Gary Shteyngart reflects on his new novel, Vera, or Faith, and his long writing career. With her new novel, ...

Numerous other candidates appear—along with short fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and young adult literature—in our special issue dedicated to the best books of the 21st century (so far). The ...

The jurors for the prizes evaluated 1,444 books that received a Kirkus star and were published during the award’s eligibility period. The winners receive a trophy created by the London design team of ...

Contemporary romance gets the attention, but some of the best novels being written today are historicals.

A professor of history at Harvard chronicles the historical journey of an embroidered cotton sack, beginning with the enslaved woman who gave it to her 9-year-old daughter in the 1850s.

Hogan’s whimsical first novel weaves together the stories of two British assistants, one of whom works for a publisher in the 1970s and the other who, in the present day, works for an unusual elderly ...