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How do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a bookstore is a highly…

Icon LeVar Burton's memoir is out, Annie Proulx's stories, a young Moroccan boy tends to bees, and much more.

The opening round of the 2026 Goodreads Choice Awards has begun! Cast your vote for your favorite reads of the year.

It's a day of mixed reactions, from The Booker annoucements to PW's industry survey.

This week's new YA book releases include a whole lot of magic, some revenge, and a work of immersive historical fiction set in Paris.

Russ Roberts talks with Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine about the ideas in his new book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. Top…

Bryan Caplan of George Mason University and blogger at EconLog talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about two books: Eugene Richter's Pictures of the Socialistic…

Bruce Caldwell of Duke University and the General Editor of the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Hayek, his life, his…

James Otteson of Yeshiva University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Adam Smith. The conversation begins with a brief sketch of David Hume and his in…

Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the work of F. A. Hayek, particularly his writings on philosophy and politi…