Madrid Book Tasting

A dedicated ebook reader presents fewer distractions than an iPad—you won’t be tempted to mindlessly scroll through Instagram or watch a video on TikTok or YouTube. https://nyti.ms/4r5nrb8

Picking up a book may do far more than fill your downtime. According to experts, getting absorbed in reading puts the mind in a focused, meditative state—one linked to lower stress, protection against cognitive decline, and even a longer life.

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From Connecticut to Cairo, these reading spots will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. https://nyti.ms/4brJBja

Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025 All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country.

Peter-Ayers Tarantino’s Manhattan apartment is home to over 4,500 books. Tall, neat piles are stacked everywhere: volumes on South American art, on the history of interior design, on British eccentrics, on American Jazz Age writers. Take a look inside his home. https://nyti.ms/4oz4xrA

The internet has been having plenty of fun with the idea of performative reading, mostly because it seems to have been attributed to a very specific type of man: the sensitive, soft, solipsistic kind

Novelist Bernard Cornwell, the creator of the swashbuckling French-bashing Richard Sharpe, reflects on letting his hero go after 44 years - and whether Sharpe will ride again in the future.

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The Next 'Murderbot' Novel Finally Has a Release Date Alexander Skarsgård's Apple TV series based on Martha Wells' hit 'Murderbot Diaries' books also has a second season on the way.

There's Indigenous revenge, a particularly nauseating dystopian, and fighters who battle certain hood-wearing racist demons in the South.

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Book Review: ‘Nobody’s Girl,’ by Virginia Roberts Giuffre Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous “Nobody’s Girl” doesn’t break political news, but might break your heart.

8 Fascinating Facts About Stephen King's ‘ 'Salem's Lot' for Its 50th Anniversary The vampire novel, which turns 50 this year, didn't become a runaway bestseller until it hit shelves in paperback.

The Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, known for his postmodern, dystopian novels, is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize for literature: https://on.ft.com/3VZwEnV