Other than some squeaks, hoots and one enormous roar, Pinkney's (Little Red Riding Hood) interpretation of Aesop's fable is wordless—as is its striking cover, which features only a head-on portrait of ...

Set against ecological crisis, political violence, and technological change, these collections grapple with the search for belonging and connection.

The long-overdue move to chronicle American history in graphic novel form takes another great step forward with this first volume of a projected history of the civil rights struggle. Instead of taking ...

The acquiring editor at the nation’s first university press, founded in 1869, looks back on its long history and the state of ...

Among this season’s most anticipated titles are new novels from Donald Antrim, Chad Harbach, Marlon James, and Min Jin Lee.

As American politics have drifted rightward, the Big Five have followed. Now, each has at least one imprint for conservative ...

Germany’s descent into fascism, overlooked Black pioneers, and California dreams are the focus of history books this season.

The novelist’s Depression-set latest, Die Famous (Little, Brown, Sept.), follows a gangster, his lover, and their 12-year-old ...

Just when you think you know how the story ends, the Knicks go 16 and 3 in the playoffs and win it all. (Thank you, OG!) It’s ...

Nicole R. Fleetwood. Little, Brown, Nov. 17 ($30, ISBN 978-0-316-56430-4) Fleetwood interrogates how her hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, went from a positive example of Rust Belt grit to a violent, ...

In Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea (Liveright, Sept.), the University of Pennsylvania classics professor reveals how translation enhances understanding of ancient literature.

Isabella Weber. Random House, Oct. 13 ($32, ISBN 979-8-217-15443-2) Weber, an economist who made waves by arguing that pandemic-era inflation was caused by corporate greed, warns that capitalist ...