Alan Gratz Is Going for the Gold
Riding the wave of interest in middle grade historical fiction, Alan Gratz returns to Nazi Germany with a fast-paced Olympic thriller. more...
Breaking Bread: PW Talks with Andy Shallal
In ‘A Seat at the Table’ (OR Books, Oct.), the restaurateur and activist details the founding of his Washington, D.C., eatery and bookstore Busboys and Poets, and offers insights on politics, food, immigration, and art. more...
Joe Sacco Asks Why History Repeats Itself
In his latest graphic narrative, cartoonist Joe Sacco investigates the stories people tell themselves about political and sectarian violence. more...
Radical Time Warp: PW Talks to Ben Passmore
In ‘Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance’ (Pantheon, Oct.), the Ignatz Award winner sends his cartoon avatar time traveling through Black history. more...and more.
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ProfilesWill Self’s Savage World
The author faced down cancer to write his spectacular new novel, a cutting satire of modern culture.
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Interviews
How Change Happens: PW Talks with Benoit Denizet-Lewis
In ‘You’ve Changed: The Promise and Price of Self-Transformation’ (Morrow, Apr.), the journalist unpacks the persistent human desire to reinvent oneself with religion, therapy, drugs, and more.
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Interviews
Monster Mash: PW talks with Hache Pueyo
In 'Cabaret in Flames' (Tordotcom, Mar.), the fantasist pairs medic Ariadne, a quadruple amputee, with Quaint, an ancient monster known as a gul, on the search for her missing mentor.
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Interviews
An Exceptional Nation: PW Talks with Beverly Gage
In This Land Is Your Land, the Pulitzer-winning biographer views America’s complicated history through a car windshield.
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BookLife
Cover Crush: January 2026
Digital browsing now shapes how most readers discover books. That means your cover has to make an instant impression—often at thumbnail size. Bold, readable typography, high-contrast colors, and a clear focal point help it stand out across Amazon listings, newsletters, social feeds, and everywhere readers browse for new books.
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Profiles
Álvaro Enrigue Will Not Bend
For his latest, the Mexican novelist explores the Apache Wars and asserts that resistance is anything but futile.
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Interviews
A Not-so-Wicked Stepmother: PW Talks with Rachel Hochhauser
The author’s ‘Lady Tremaine’ (St. Martin’s, Mar.) offers a fresh take on Cinderella’s supposedly evil stepmother.
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Interviews
Are You There, Judy?: PW Talks with Mark Oppenheimer
In ‘Judy Blume: A Life’ (Putnam, Mar.), the biographer traces the life of an author whose candid novels about divorce, puberty, and other topics revolutionized literature for young people.
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Profiles
Tayari Jones’s Healing Words
Before finishing her latest novel, the bestselling author had to overcome serious illness and self-doubt.
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BookLife
A Hungry Heart
L.K. Quinn’s darkly beautiful novel wins the BookLife Prize.
