You may know Claire Messud from such terrific books as "The Emperor's Children" or "The Woman Upstairs." Her new novel, "This Strange Eventful History" (W.W. Norton), uses the outlines of her own ...

If you're trying to figure out what's happening with artificial intelligence, pick up "Empire of AI." Journalist Karen Hao investigates the rise of OpenAI and its visionary co-founder, Sam Altman.

What happens when the world ends and only a handful of survivors remain? Post-apocalyptic books attempt to answer that question, examining how life can go on under the most extreme conditions and ...

Conventional wisdom has long held that it’s best to avoid releasing new books during the fall of a presidential election. Our phones are flooded with fundraising text messages. Our mailboxes are ...

The book that I can’t get out of my mind this year is Salman Rushdie’s “Knife.” Rushdie has often made the point that storytelling and self-mythologizing are at the center of our being: “I think ...

The Washington Post editorial board criticized former Vice President Kamala Harris' new book and her return to the spotlight on Sunday, arguing that it was good it happened this week because the ...