Writers, activists, and scholars reflect on the most urgent books of 2025—from Palestine and caste to climate, queerness, and resistance. Read their picks.

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Everybody loves birthdays and puns. So why not mix the two together and have a slice of birthday puns! After all, they’re sure to make your day much sweeter.

So I decided to give myself the gift of rabbit potpie, prepared and cooked by me, for my family’s Christmas dinner this year.

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Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

The fabric is called Smoke Cloud. Reviewers compare it to Skims and love it for being buttery soft and not see-through. And ...

Best book honorable mentions: The Secret Life of Addie Larue by V.C. Schwab, A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland, and Crush by Richard Siken. Worst book (dis)honorable mentions: People We ...

Rabih Alameddine, who won the National Book Award last month, has described his idiosyncratic approach as “childish ...

We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...