See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books by Oprah Winfrey and new novels.

3. THE SECRET OF SECRETS, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, ...

Equal parts semi-autobiography, anti-war commentary, science-fiction exploration, and satire, Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse ...

Experience the raw intensity of war through Spielberg's lens, as Saving Private Ryan returns to screens. A film that leaves ...

When talking about Marvel or comic books in general, it’s impossible not to mention Jack Kirby. Few creatives have shaped an ...

One could even argue that Prime Video's sci-fi lineup has an indie film aesthetic. I mean, sure, there are algorithms for ...

The Chetek Area Book Club will host an approximately hour-long discussion of best-selling author Kristin Harmel’s “The Forest of Vanishing Stars,” a historical fiction, at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan.

There's something morbidly addictive about TV shows that take place in dark alternate timelines. These are the very best alternate history series of all time.

We were walking our dogs when Karen told me the mass-market paperback--the familiar 5-by-7-inch book you could slip into the ...

At its core, The Einstein Conspiracy is a meditation on evil; specifically, the depths of cruelty human beings are capable of ...

The 21st century has been dire for the Best Actor category, but winners like Adrien Brody and Cillian Murphy rightfully won ...

This month, pile your nightstand with a new look at the Windsors, a feminist retelling of Moby Dick, and new novels from Karl Ove Knausgaard, George Saunders, and Puala McLain, among others. Here are ...