Lori Lobenstine hopes her children's novel, the Barking Puppy, will inspire kids to love themselves, enjoy their pets, and ...

We have some fabulous new children’s titles for you to check out at ICPL, including Your Island by Jon Klassen. The board book rounds out a beautiful trilogy by the […] ...

From factory work to fast-food kitchens, Claire Baglin’s On the Clock throws whimsy out, and lays bare the raw pain of working-class life ...

Science fiction is the favorite genre of many of us here at Paste. And Netflix has upped their sci-fi movies game over the last year and now includes several of our 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time.

It is said that those who read live many lives, but those who immerse themselves in Namita Gokhale’s short story anthology Life on Mars may find that they have traversed entire worlds — worlds where ...

Even the magazine’s longtime fiction editor William Maxwell worried about its “cult of clarity and literalness.” (In a 1984 parody by Martha Bayles, a chin-stroking story writer changes ...

Diving headfirst into the horror library of Tubi is a dizzying, potentially nauseating experience, not just for the gory horror films you’ll find there, but for the sheer haphazardness of the ...

Reading books may have several health benefits ... An older 2017 study found that people who read literary fiction show a heightened ability to understand the feelings and beliefs of others.

Forget the cheese and crackers or the jalapeno poppers. The perfect appetizer is a tasty picture book. These three light-hearted stories will go down easy — and perhaps whet your appetite for a ...

And we're moving back toward that.... I think you're going to see more things like four-day weeks with a little flextime." But not everyone agrees with this perspective. Zhao believes remote work ...

The shortlist for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced ... According to the judges, each of the shortlisted books explores the need for personal freedom and human connection.