Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: What do a romance writer, a cartoonist, and a former president all have in common? Well, we don’t have a punchline, but we do know that Colleen Hoover, Dav ...

In 2013, I started a list of over 500 books that I wanted to read. Before long, I only let myself read books from the list and felt trapped by it. Accidentally losing the reading list freed me to ...

Some newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer have published a syndicated summer book list that includes made-up books by ...

MAC: Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, “The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.” (Did you like how I called it a “package”? Did it make me sound ...

Some of their favorites didn’t make our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list — but these authors make a case for them anyway. I particularly enjoyed the warmth and hidden humor of ORYX AND CRAKE, by ...