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Some of our top picks for books to read this summer. (Covers courtesy of the publishers)

33 summer book recommendations featuring some of 2025’s best novels and more

July 15, 2025 at 12:12 p.m.

Here are some great choices for fiction, nonfiction, essays, memoir and more to keep you busy through the hot summer months.

These are among the 33 new books coming this summer from independent publishers in 2025. (Courtesy of the publishers)

33 new books you’ll want to read this summer from independent publishers

June 25, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

Looking for something new or a fresh take on a favorite genre? Check out these small-press titles.

File – Rapper Tupac Shakur arrives at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1996. On September 7, 1996, 2Pac was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where he died six days later, on September 13, 1996. He was 25. (AP Photo/Todd Plitt)

How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion

June 19, 2025 at 8:24 a.m.

Author Dean Van Nguyen looks at the performer's work through a political lens in his new book, 'Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur.'

For those who love a road trip, here are 12 classic books. (Covers courtesy of the publishers / Photo credits Getty Images)

12 classic road trip books to take you on a ride this summer

May 21, 2025 at 2:04 p.m.

Here are a dozen older titles that tell stories inspired by the streets and highways of the world.

12 new books to send restless readers on a summer road trip

May 21, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

Start your summer road trip with a curated list of far-reaching fiction and nonfiction.

Isabel Allende’s latest novel is “My Name Is Emilia del Valle.” (Photo Lori Barra / Courtesy of Ballantine)

Isabel Allende has a new novel and a message: Don’t give up

May 8, 2025 at 8:20 a.m.

While promoting her latest book, 'My Name Is Emilia del Valle,' the celebrated author discusses independence for women, censorship and surviving a coup.

Nora Lange is the author of the novel, “Us Fools.” (Photo credit: Nicholas Bredie / Courtesy of Two Dollar Radio)

Nora Lange’s ‘Us Fools’ looks at outcast sisters growing up in the 1980s

April 9, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

The novel, which was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, is set during the farm crisis.

Daniel D’Addario is the author of “The Talent.” (Photo credit Beowulf Sheehan / Courtesy of Gallery Books)

This Variety writer takes a novel approach to the Oscars in ‘The Talent’

April 8, 2025 at 6:15 p.m.

Daniel D’Addario, the publication's chief correspondent, takes a fictional approach to the Best Actress race.

Here is a look at some of the books that will be published in Spring 2025. (Covers courtesy of the publishers)

34 new books in our spring 2025 preview to add to your TBR pile

April 4, 2025 at 12:34 p.m.

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more coming to your local independent bookshops in the next three months.

Margarita Montimore is the author of “The Dollhouse Academy.”
(Photo by David Swanson / Courtesy of Flatiron Books)

How ‘Valley of the Dolls’ and ’90s kids TV inspired ‘The Dollhouse Academy’

March 27, 2025 at 6:42 p.m.

The novel, set in the late 1990s, follows two aspiring actresses who attend a boarding school for young celebrity hopefuls.

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