Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and ...

The book will be used in eleventh and twelfth grade Modern U.S. African American History classes at all four comprehensive ...

Book TV presented coverage of the 75th annual National Book Awards . The awards celebrated the best literature published in the United States. Author and actor Kate McKinnon hosted this year’s ...

She worked for more than 20 years for the National Geographic Book Division, and she has also written for ... and arresting images of social issues. Over the past four years, Burke has amassed almost ...

Diagnoses have climbed by 175 percent in just the last decade—with the greatest increases in girls and women. Here’s how our ...

Percival Everett's “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and ...

Hundreds attended the 2024 National Book Awards, but despite the tuxedos, gowns and lofty gilded ceilings, the 75th annual ceremony felt more intimate than stuffy. Booklovers and publishers sang ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This combo image shows authors Percival Everett, left, and Jason De Leon as they attend the 75th National ...

By Alexandra Alter Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday ... that raises uncomfortable questions about social inequality and injustice. “I think we’re at ...

W. Paul Coates, the father of journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, has won a prestigious National Book Award despite claims his company published a brazenly antisemitic novel. The National Book Foundation ...

This year, the National Book Foundation celebrated the 75 th anniversary of the National Book Awards. The modern incarnation of the awards was launched in 1950 by the American Book Publishers ...

The end of the year is (almost) upon us and National Geographic is wrapping up 2024 with its annual "Picture of the Year" issue featuring photographers' most breathtaking and culturally relevant ...