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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ProfilesJasmine Warga on Books and Belonging
Newbery Honor author Jasmine Warga revisits familiar themes in her forthcoming middle grade novel, The Unlikely Tale of Chase & Finnegan—this time starring animals.
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Interviews
Mind Games: PW Talks with Lucy Ashe
The British novelist’s third thriller, The Model Patient (Union Square, Apr.), explores the fraught dynamic between a young wife and her therapist in 1960s London.
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Interviews
Magical Thinking: PW Talks with Anna Badkhen
In ‘To See Beyond’ (Bellevue Literary, Apr.), the former war correspondent examines how humanity processes despair and finds hope amid conflict and climate catastrophe.
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BookLife
Indie Spotlight: January 2026
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature business and finance books as well as self-help titles.
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Profiles
Cover Artist: Tillie Walden
To kick off our spring comics preview issue, we talk with the Eisner winner about her first graphic novel for adults, a queer love story set in 19th-century Vermont and one of our top picks of the season.
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Interviews
The Quixotic Quest to Define Color Words: PW Talks with Kory Stamper
Lexicographer Kory Stamper’s ‘True Color’ (Knopf, Mar.) profiles early-20th-century scientists Margaret and I.H. Godlove, who defined colors for Merriam-Webster.
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Interviews
Brazil Is What I Am: PW Talks with Marcello Quintanilha
A disastrous fishing trip in 1950s Guanabara Bay tests the bond between friends in the Brazilian cartoonist’s ‘The Lights of Niterói’ (Fantagraphics, Mar.).
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Profiles
Gemma Correll Welcomes You to Anxietyland
For her first long-form graphic memoir, the cartoonist and illustrator explores her lifelong mental health issues with smart, relatable humor.
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Profiles
Will 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.
