The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

Here, North is likely referring to the ending of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, where the actor returned to the franchise as a ...

It’s Wednesday night at BCB After Dark: the coolest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come ...

Gen Con, the biggest tabletop convention in the world, was stacked with exciting new board games. Keith Law runs down his ...

Liam Neeson has starred in an average of three movies a year since the turn of the century, and he isn't slowing down.

The carol didn’t become widely popular until the 20th century, when Richard Runciman Terry arranged it in the 1930s. A more ...

This week (Nov 17-23, 2025) brings major OTT releases: The Family Man S3, Landman S2, and A Man on the Inside S2. Highlights ...

Cedar Key sits on a cluster of small islands, creating a fishing village that time forgot. The population is tiny—less than 1,000 people—making this one of Florida’s best-kept secrets. You won’t find ...

Cedar Key sits on a cluster of small islands, creating a fishing village that time forgot. The population is tiny—less than 1,000 people—making this one of Florida’s best-kept secrets. You won’t find ...

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and ...

Fifty years after the last U.S. helicopters left Saigon, why America lost the Vietnam War is elusive. But can a tabletop ...