Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for her debut novel, Swift River.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Actor Johnny Depp will collaborate with director Ridley Scott on a series of graphic novels inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Many authors naturally gravitate toward a particular subject matter or genre. Mystery writers may change up their formula but ...

The Kirkus Star One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit.

Numerous other candidates appear—along with short fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and young adult literature—in our special issue dedicated to the best books of the 21st century (so far). The ...

The human stories behind news images of Syrian war refugees emerge in a novel both touching and terrifying.

NIGHT CAME WITH MANY STARS by Simon Van Booy ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2021 This well-crafted and often serendipitous saga recognizes that family cannot be escaped but can be expanded.

Irving, known for his novels The World According to Garp and The Hotel New Hampshire, published The Cider House Rules in 1985. The novel told the story of Homer Wells, a young man growing up in a ...

A professor of history at Harvard chronicles the historical journey of an embroidered cotton sack, beginning with the enslaved woman who gave it to her 9-year-old daughter in the 1850s.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.