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An epic, heartbreaking yet uplifting story, The Women follows a young nurse, Frankie, sent to the Vietnam War and deeply ...

From literary fiction to sci-fi to deep dives in history, these books stayed with our reporters, producers and staffers long after the last page.

With traditional publishing cooling on historicals right now, self-published authors like Richards are filling the breach.

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In this prodigiously researched epic, Torigian details the life of Xi Zhongxun—the father of China’s current leader, Xi Jinping—to explain the history of the Chinese Communist Party. Along the way, ...

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Then-18-year-old S. E. Hinton set the groundwork for YA fiction when she wrote The Outsiders in high school, with a book that ...

It’s always delightful to watch talented authors make old tropes fresh; perhaps that’s what makes ELLE’s picks from this year such standouts: Despite the well-worn territory many of them tread, these ...