When Barnes & Noble recently asked bestselling authors to name the Great American Novel, one of the world's most successful writers didn't hesitate. James Patterson chose Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome ...

If popular YouTuber MrBeast and bestselling author James Patterson have anything in common, it’s that they’re both game to try something new. Initially announced in May 2025, Donaldson and Patterson’s ...

Just before the end of summer, MrBeast (aka Jimmy Donaldson) will join an illustrious group that includes Oscar-winner Viola Davis, 10-time Grammy winner Dolly Parton, and former President Bill ...

Jimmy Donaldson's Beast Games takes a dark turn in an intriguing new book set to release in September 2026.

Marvel is reportedly already planning a sequel to The Fantastic Four: First Steps, despite the upcoming blockbuster still being more than a month from launch. Word of a Fantastic Four sequel follows ...

There was plenty of big Fantastic Four news at San Diego Comic-Con, not the least of which being the jaw-dropping announcement that Robert Downey, Jr. has been cast as Doctor Doom. But Comic-Con is ...

Our columnist looks at the best recent releases. Credit...Caroline Gamon Supported by By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the first winner of the ...

Standing on the rim of an ancient volcanic crater in northern Arizona, with the Painted Desert as a spectacular backdrop, James Turrell surveys all he has wrought. For a quarter of a century, this ...

Sullivan’s Crossing is going through a very big change with Scott Patterson‘s character Sully being written off — but what does the shocking exit mean for the show? Based on the book series by Robyn ...

Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types. We asked our NPR colleagues what fiction they've ...