Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

What was Russell M. Nelson's net worth? All we know about Mormon Church President's books and career as Heart Surgeon President Russell M. Nelson, the global head of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

This week's lineup of new books boasts a couple of headliners in Ian McEwan and Patricia Lockwood. Whatever their differences as writers — and there certainly are a few — both are recognizable by ...

Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said. The head-spinning shift ...

You wake up, and before your feet even hit the floor, your brain is already racing—planning the day, rehashing yesterday, and worrying about what might go wrong. Sound familiar? If your mind feels ...

Thrillers, literary fiction, history, science, memoirs and more: Here are the books you’ve saved most to your reading lists. Earlier this year, we began adding a new feature to our articles — ...

The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual ...

A coalition of 41 groups, including Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation, will create educational programming for the country’s 250th anniversary next year. The Education Department said ...

Grifters are publishing AI-generated books about the shooting for Charlie Kirk. Amazon has since removed them, but conspiracies about the book are spreading. Credit: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via ...

A conversation with the writer and activist about living in a nation where those who lead are often disinclined to read—let alone write—meaningful books. Rebecca Solnit, the nimble and adventurous ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

The season’s literary offerings are as varied and complex as a cast of Thomas Pynchon characters ... and include Thomas Pynchon’s return. Susan Orlean and Arundhati Roy turn the pen on themselves, ...