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Here's a bunch of apps I regularly use that track your TBR (to be read) pile, the books you DNFed (did not finish), and offer suggestions for your next read. Some are prettier than others, and most ...

Indian Bengali writer Amitav Ghosh has been writing about empire, the environment, and other subjects for the past 25 years. Now, he has gathered some of his essays into a new collection called Wild ...

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The free speech advocacy organization PEN America has released its annual Banned Books Index, and the nearly 160 pages needed to list every book barred from Texas classrooms this school year make it ...

Update Published Oct. 2, 2025: This article, originally published in 2024, has been updated to reflect the latest findings in PEN America’s banned books report, “Banned in the U.S.A.” The list at the ...

You can't go wrong with giving greeting cards with baby gifts, but there's a wonderful new twist on the gifting tradition. Instead of a card, guests bring a book to the baby shower to start a nursery ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...