Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," a biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and ...

I chose these books after reading thousands of picture books and understanding what children like because my background isn’t only in book reviews but in education. Plus, I’m a parent of two. I update ...

Throughout the year the readers of biography and autobiography had much the best of it. Whether writing about their own lives or the lives of others, these authors not only seemed to have more to say ...

Each age has its own way of drawing the arc of a human life. Ours is concerned with its unpredictability. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Parul Sehgal Parul Sehgal is a ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Say what you want about Elton John, but the superstar is ...

We’re very familiar with words and music. But words about music can be just as exciting. There is never a shortage of books about music -- memoirs, biographies, large-scale histories, critical ...

Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X is a daring reimagining of 20th century America where the Vietnam War never happened, Bernie Sanders was President, and an enigmatic multi-hyphenate artist named X was ...