The year 2025 hasn’t started out great. We’ve seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, ...
How are you rolling into 2026? I’m on a bit of a hot reading streak, which I’ll take! I had a lull in the middle of the year, so it’s nice to feel like reading is coming more naturally to me right now ...
We forgive you, dear reader. It’s impossible to consume everything these days. Besides reading your favorite print and virtual publications, there’s also all that scrolling - oh, so much scrolling - ...
It’s likely no surprise to hear how much we love reading over here at The Charlotte Observer. We read all day as part of our jobs, and many of us love to spend our free time reading, too. So when I ...
It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...
We asked some of our favorite culture creators and consumers to curate personal best-of lists for 2025; to get ahead on next year's stack, sign up for Dua Lipa's monthly book-club newsletter at ...