Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is set to take the Murdle phenomenon to a younger audience with the publication of the first Murdle Jr. puzzle book, Murdle Jr.: Curious Crimes for Curious ...

A new literary quiz lands on the Books page each week and you can match wits with previous puzzles in the Book Review Quiz Bowl archive. Veronica woke up early Saturday afternoon in her mother’s ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

November 24, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Stan Durey of Anacortes, Washington and puzzle master Will Shortz.

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November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

If you are looking for some stories to puzzle over, this month's RTÉjr Book Club picks focus on mysteries, puzzles and riddles featuring corner shop conundrums, dynamic duos, hidden treasure and ...

The video game industry is dominated by space marines, regular marines, super-soldiers, and zombie-killers. That's why it's particularly nice to see a clever title like Airtight Games and Square ...

As a journalist covering the publishing industry and a devoted Taylor Swift fan who flew to Amsterdam this past summer to experience the Eras Tour, I took to the recent announcement of Taylor ...

On or around Sept. 26, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority was accused of engaging in potential hazing aimed at excluding potential members. According to an Oct. 2 letter from the UI Office of Student ...

As life expectancy in the U.S. increased, society’s interpretation of old age changed. Chappel chronicles how seniors themselves revised the narrative about aging and emerged as a dominant force ...

The acclaimed Japanese magic realist (“Norwegian Wood,” “Kafka on the Shore”) is back with his first book in six years. It opens on a pair of teens in love. The girl disappears and the man ...