“I had become obsessed with lyric language, poems, and songs. Bob Dylan was a big impact on me because he brought dense lyric language into the domain of rock, folk,...

The full list of winners and nominated finalists from the arts & letters categories are below. Fiction Joshua Cohen, The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible...

TO PARADISE by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday, $32.50) From the author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about...

Congratulations to the honorees!   Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction Ecco / HarperCollins Publishers Selected by Jason Mott, 2021 National Book Award Winner for Fiction Joseph Han, Nuclear Family Counterpoint Press Selected by Azareen...

Here is the Shortlist!   CURSED BUNNY by Bora Chung, translated from Korean by Anton Hur / not available in US yet Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories...

As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second week, we continue to find ways to both combat and understand the events that have led us to this moment in global...

I’ve been thinking a lot about David Byrne these days.  I’ve always loved his music, and American Utopia is one of the best live theater events I’ve seen.  More to the point, though, his...

Books & Books is hosting an ongoing book drive with The Children’s Trust Books for Free. We at Books & Books encourage you to recycle your gently used baby books,...

Dear Friends & Readers,  Thank you to everyone who supported us during our fundraising campaign! We’ve had lots of requests to keep the campaign going just a little bit longer for...