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One of TikTok’s defining subcultures is arguing over whether books are political, “red-listing” authors, and looking for ...

Like any good story, BookTok itself is reaching what feels like a climax in its newest conflict. The once-unified community ...

Never mind the General Election and change of government: there were few bigger stories in politics this year than the ...

In “Quarterlife,” Devika Rege uses three very different protagonists to explore the country’s ideological ferment—setting ...

While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed ...

Donald Trump’s reelection has appeared to boost memoirs from Melania Trump and Vice Presidential pick J.D. Vance on bestseller lists, while also lifting sales of dystopian classics like Margaret ...

The prospect of four more years of Trump has sent readers back to their bookshelves to reacquaint themselves with the bleak ...

Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a novel set in a totalitarian society, has shot to the top of Amazon’s bestselling ...

Those of you familiar with my work know that I've written two political books — The Revivalist Manifesto, which was a ...

Maryland schools ranked in the top 10 in the country for the most book bans in the 2023-2024 school year, tying with South ...

“This fundraiser [for Logan] has been on the books for some time ... rated as “lean Democrat” by the highly influential Cook ...