From the furore over "childless cat ladies" to AI-generated cat slop, here are six reasons 2024 was the year of the cat. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Although the cat does not have a place in the Chinese Zodiac – 2024 has shaped up to be a year of feline frenzy. Here's why.

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This year, our Fresh Air book critic highlights alternative history, suspense, satire — and some of the most extraordinary letters ever written. Here are Maureen Corrigan's 10 best books of 2024.

One person's BIR becomes another's TBR (To Be Read) with books flying from reader to reader, not as assigned reading, but through excitement and desire to share the experience of a new story.

With War of the Rohirrim in cinemas soon, Lord of the Rings writer Philippa Boyens has revealed one Tolkien text she wants the rights to.

Emmanuel Semons, who was diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and a mood disorder at the age of three, has always been a creative ...

The Oregon football team completed an undefeated regular season en route to winning the Big Ten title. Celebrate it with our ...

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We’re in a golden age of horror. Here are 10 books that stood out in a year filled with fantastic releases. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Gabino Iglesias Gabino Iglesias is a writer ...

Taken together, these books offer a reminder: even outsiders are never truly alone. Here, the best fiction books of 2024. In The Coin, a stylish Palestinian schoolteacher navigates a cramped New ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early ...