The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

"Wicked," starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is based on the book of the same name by Gregory Maguire. But the book isn't PG like the movie.

By Alexandra Alter and Elisabeth Egan Our critic on November’s best new books. By Sarah Weinman How a Gen X Graphic Novelist Reinvented the Romance Comic To fully understand Charles Burns’s ...

It also acts as a catch-up issue for fans of the original Milestone Comics and new readers who missed the first few books. An expository title page recalls the history of the Milestone Universe ...

Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his ...

Marvel launches year two of the new Ultimate Universe with Ultimate Wolverine, and the Guardians of the Galaxy and Luke Cage join Ultimates. By Cameron Bonomolo November 20, 2024, 9:30pm ...

In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.

Roger Lewis explores the historical injustices done to women throughout the Ancient history in Joan Smith's new book. The deaths of Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson were some of the ...

Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life. The values of the many forces and particles, represented by some 30 so ...

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