Each season will be based on one book in the beloved series by controversial author J.K. Rowling, and the cast will be different from the films. Some fans are unhappy about Rowling's involvement.
Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.
Nicole Chung reflects on the deaths of her parents in a powerful new memoir, and how that loss was complicated by class, geographical distance and the pandemic.
Briana Loewinsohn's graphic novel presents a fully developed internal, and external, landscape without leaning heavily on words. It's a sophisticated exploration of the weight adults carry around.
In RaeChell Garrett's delightful YA book, a Black teen entrepreneur launches a start-up where she is paid to help conceive and execute elaborate prom date proposals for fellow classmates.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Murder Mystery 2, If the Shoe Fits, and more.
Clancy Martin lives with two incompatible ideas in his head: "I wish I were dead – and I'm glad my suicides failed." His book shares insights and guidance for people struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Rachel Beanland's historical novel chronicles the burning of a theater and its aftermath in Virginia in 1811, while also tackling the rampant racism and misogyny of the times in the process.
Art and magic so often go hand in hand. These new YA releases all explore both art and magic as the means to heal trauma, communities — and even worlds.
Singer and guitarist Susanna Hoffs rose to fame with the Bangles in the 1980s. With her new book, she proves her immense writing talent isn't just confined to songs.
Anthony Chin-Quee captures the space between medicine's all-consuming demands and its practitioners' fallibility in a cautionary tale of his own mental and physical struggles as a Black physician.
Bible scholar Bart Ehrman says interpretations of the Book of Revelation have created disastrous problems — from personal psychological damage to consequences for foreign policy and the environment.
In her first memoir All You Can Ever Know, Nicole Chung reflects on her adoption story. In her new book, she addresses family and class and her struggles to help her adoptive parents.
As the weather improves around many parts of the U.S, grab some green space and sit down to let these books transport you to 1950s London, 1920s Manhattan, 21st-century Finland, and more.
