En manos de Rob, mi novela más autobiográfica sonó auténtica.
After attending James Baldwin’s funeral, Thomas Sayers Ellis was inspired to create a collective for Black artists.
Audiobook excerpts from our picks for the top fiction and nonfiction of 2025.
In Rob’s hands, “Stand by Me,” my most autobiographical novel, rang true.
A recent spate of books highlights the presence of a new category, one well suited to our time: the grievance memoir.
This 12-question challenge will test your knowledge of all things Austen.
Welcome to our Regency Thunderdome, where we will endeavor to answer this question once and for all.
To capture the writer’s brief life and enormous impact, we assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives.
What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor.
Nuestros críticos literarios repasan los títulos más memorables que leyeron y reseñaron durante el 2025.
Early access to high-quality books can transform lives, improve educational outcomes and help create the next generation of curious and informed citizens.
As costs are rising and wallets are hurting, these books explore the promises and pitfalls of the U.S. economy.
Her picture books found models of perseverance and imagination in figures like Emily Dickinson, Georgia O’Keeffe and Benny Goodman.
Crafting The New York Times Book Review’s annual list involves arguments, politicking and, every once in a while, a rare consensus.
A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year.
Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.
It’s been a good one. Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai discuss the books that have stayed with them.
Her books, many of which were best sellers, often described empty marriages, love affairs (with tasteful sex) and heroic clergymen.
Matt Dinniman introduced his series about an alien reality TV show free on the web. But readers ate up the goofy humor, now to the tune of 6 million books sold.
Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.
A candy-colored story collection, sisters who lust after Hitler and harrowing reportage from a riot in India.
Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.”
When teachers do assign whole books, they often choose from a stagnant list of classics.
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Crumbling highways. A housing shortage. Broken infrastructure. America is stuck. But the pendulum may be ready to swing.
The staff of the Book Review recommends unforgettable books that made our personal best-of-the-year lists.
One fiction, one nonfiction (which he turns to at night). In “Future Boy,” he recalls juggling signature roles in “Back to the Future” and “Family Ties.”
Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.
After a quarter century, the Yaddo president Elaina Richardson will step down, having made her mark on the storied arts residency.
While serving in the L.A.P.D., he began delivering scripts for series like “Dragnet” and “Adam-12.” After retiring, he was a showrunner for “MacGyver.”
We asked psychologists, therapists and dating coaches to share the books they recommend.
Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.
Jessie Buckley, star of “Hamnet,” on the primal love — and grief — of motherhood.
“Pluribus,” “The Beast In Me” and “Die My Love” take viewers inside the minds and egos of their complex protagonists.
Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.
In “Cape Fever,” a young maid finds herself dealing with ghosts from the past and a manipulative employer.
An award-winning poet and writer of fiction, she moonlighted as a competitive horsewoman and owned a horse farm outside Columbia, S.C.
In “The Sea Captain’s Wife,” Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the thrilling story of Mary Ann Patten, the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship.
James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship.
Here are the books our columnist loved the most this year.
The Tony-nominated playwright was arrested last month on suspicion of attempted drug smuggling. He was released on Monday, Japanese officials said.
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.
Many books have memorable moments or major plot points set in locations with chilly winter weather. Try this short quiz to see how many you remember from recent novels.
The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, have been collected in a single volume for the first time.
Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books.
In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s fiction empire, churning out dozens of popular books.
Lauren Rothery’s “Television” finds an action star and two writers dazed by the changing rules of the entertainment industry.
Aprender es doloroso, placentero y, sobre todo, comunitario.
This season’s bounty includes volumes on far-out artists, unusual cats and enviable gardens.
“I have to be still for a certain amount of time,” says the “Wicked” star and author of “Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much.”
Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading.
The pair work together to envision Kristian Hadeland, the protagonist of the author’s latest novel, “The School of Night.”
Karl Ove Knausgaard describes the protagonist of his new novel, “The School of Night,” to a forensic artist, who renders him with paper and pen.
What birders well know, fans of “composite organisms” and other creatures can now learn: how to identify obscure species in the wild.
Condé Nast, the magazine’s parent company, said her contract would expire at the end of the year.
As told in Tarpley Hitt’s rollicking “Barbieland,” the rise of America’s doll alter ego is much messier and more interesting than any movie.
The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.
Fifty years after her death, the German-born political thinker has been enshrined as a prophet for our times. What did she actually say?
The Tony-nominated American playwright and actor has been in custody since airport customs officers found Ecstasy in his bag last month.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Te presentamos las obras de ficción y no ficción más destacadas del año, seleccionadas por el personal de The New York Times Book Review.
An exhibition reckons with the revived legacy of an immigrant artist who created ornate illuminations and scathing caricatures of Nazism and the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Olivia Nuzzi parece ignorar la seria traición al periodismo a raíz de su relación con Robert Kennedy.
Jewish Currents is fighting the good fight.
If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
Raised in a large chaotic family outside Boston, the journalist Janice Page recalls an eventful childhood and the love story that brought her to China and back again.
El equipo de reseñas literarias de The New York Times elige los mejores libros de ficción y no ficción del año.
The author of novels, histories, biographies and influential political essays, he approached them all with a droll British wit and a steadfast commitment to Western values.
The publisher of the children’s book series and the pop singer both denounced the use of their works in recent Trump administration communications.
Some writers have followed their words onto the screen. Try this short quiz to see if you recall five of those cameo scenes.
A fascinating history of California wine, a beginner’s handbook, “A Cynic’s Guide” and visits to natural producers in France and England, with recipes
“Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures,” a new biography of Denis Johnson, traces the life of a brilliant nonconformist.
His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies.
Spinning off Shakespeare, waltzing through Imperial Russia, bantering about literature or diving deeply into history, Stoppard shared his gifts on the screen.
Books are your answer to the difficult question of what to give.
The playwright, who learned about his Jewish heritage late in life, addressed it in the Tony Award-winning drama “Leopoldstadt.”
In “Girls Play Dead,” Jen Percy examines the ways women respond to sexual trauma.
In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.
I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.
In a world taken over by the digital, hard-copy, handwritten diaries are a way to fight back.
Olga Tokarczuk’s “House of Day, House of Night” brings together a constellation of characters and legends in a Polish border region.
Her nine volumes included “Kyrie,” a suite of sonnets about the 1918 influenza epidemic. She was also Pulitzer Prize finalist and a poet laureate of Vermont.
Maggie O’Farrell’s historical novel, one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2020, has just been adapted for film, making now a perfect time to revisit this story of family, grief and Shakespeare.
Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?
In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner party where it was read and the future dystopia that embraced it.
Jennifer L. Holm’s “Outside” and Rebecca Stead’s “The Experiment” both feature well-meaning grown-ups who do everything to protect their kids — and fail.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Pick up a mug of tea, grab a blanket and settle down to read. Jennifer Harlan, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends three books that are perfect for cozy fall reading.
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
“It’s all about the texture,” says the author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” and the new “Letter From Japan.” Both fit the bill.
First in Warsaw and later from Paris, he supplied anti-Communist activists in Poland with steady stream of leaflets, newsletters and banned books.
Apple TV postponed the launch of the French-language series following accusations that its creator copied key elements from a 1973 novel.
For Janeites around the globe, the 250th anniversary of the English author’s birth is cause for elaborate celebrations.
These five titles, recommended by therapists and researchers, can help you curb the urge to scroll.
The “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” actor and the author of “Alphabetical Diaries” met for a wide-ranging conversation.
New novels by Olga Tokarczuk and Kamilah Cole, nonfiction by John Darnielle and Olivia Nuzzi, a Booker Prize finalist and more.
In a bold new history, Sven Beckert traces the origins of our modern economy, from global port cities to the halls of power.
John Green is the author of the mega-best-selling “The Fault in Our Stars.” He’s also a YouTuber, reaching an audience of millions alongside his brother Hank Green on their Vlogbrothers channel. John spoke with “The Interview” host David Marchese about his life and work. In this clip from the conversation, he talks frankly about his mental health struggles and overcoming despair.
Rutger Bregman said his comment that President Trump was the “most openly corrupt president in American history” was removed before his lecture was broadcast on Tuesday.
My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.
We’ve broken down our annual list by theme.
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
Try this short quiz to see how many popular lines from 20th-century science fiction novels have remained in your memory bank.
In the thrilling “Family of Spies,” Christine Kuehn tells the story of learning the darkest of secrets.
For the obsessed protagonist of Marisa Kashino’s darkly comic debut novel, “Best Offer Wins,” real estate is blood sport.
The best-selling author B.K. Borison recommends sweet and sexy reads that capture the cozy magic of the season.
En un nuevo libro, Paul Gillingham cuenta la historia de una nación que ha prosperado gracias a su diversidad demográfica, no a pesar de ella.
Carla Kaplan’s biography “Troublemaker” focuses on the fierce political commitments of the journalist best known for “The American Way of Death.”
Los archivos de la autora, recién compartidos con el público, revelan la meticulosa planificación y la devoción por la cocina de sus grandes comidas festivas.
We need to let go of our legacy print snobbery.
She wrote two popular memoirs: the first about the joys of married life, the second about her husband serving her divorce papers on their 40th anniversary.
The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.)
The writer and YouTube star on trying to get back to the experiences that make us feel alive.
The title of Daniel Swift’s book “The Dream Factory,” about the creative and capitalist conditions of Elizabethan drama, tellingly evokes the commercial aspirations of old Hollywood.
It began with Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s Nobel Prize in October, and continued this month with the Booker Prize and the National Book Awards. Our panel of editors discusses what it all means.
Like her debut, “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier,” the novelist’s “Some Bright Nowhere” is bound to touch a nerve. That’s fine with her.
How the rise and fall of the nihilist hipster gave us the cruel reactionaries of today.
Eleven recommendations for fans of Rick Riordan’s Olympians series, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
La obra experimental de la autora danesa Solvej Balle plantea el tedio de la vida contemporánea como una fuente de maravillas inesperadas.
He translated nearly 30 books, including novels by Georges Perec, a master of linguistic games, and Ismail Kadare.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
He turned an obsession with forgotten stars into a popular series, long before “Where Are They Now?” features became ubiquitous.
The books come from its list of best titles of the year and will be available at three flagship library branches.
Our columnist on three books worth your time.
“Journalism is essential, but it can’t get at certain levels of experience — so I wrote a fable,” he says of “The Emergency,” his first novel in more than 25 years.
Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s reckoning with Gaza took the nonfiction prize.
Este género de ficción que se ha vuelto muy popular, ha permitido a sus lectores hablar abiertamente de anhelo, sexo y deseo.
A New Zealand book competition dropped two of a publisher’s books because they had A.I.-generated covers. The publisher and the designer pushed back.
In “The Butterfly Thief,” Walter Marsh tells the story of a notorious crime and its eccentric perpetrator.
In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it.
Our columnist on four books that are worth your time.
The Danish author Solvej Balle’s experimental opus reframes the tedium of contemporary life as a source of unexpected wonders.
In “The Breath of the Gods,” the prolific polymath takes on a force that’s powered much of human history.
Learning is painful, pleasant and, above all, communal.
The science fiction writer Chloe Gong recommends new and classic books that push the boundaries of the genre, with plenty of techno thrills.
A newly reissued book by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar highlights his most consistent qualities.
The author’s newly unveiled papers reveal the meticulous planning and devotion to cooking that went into her big holiday meals.
Try this short quiz to match the descriptions of past National Book Award winners with their titles and authors.
Jan Kerouac’s 1981 novel “Baby Driver” chronicles a fearless and windblown life entirely distinct from her famous parent’s.
With “Lovers and Haters,” Gilbert Hernandez expands on the surreal storytelling and bosomy B-movie film stars of his beloved long-running series.
If you’re a writer or filmmaker hoping to create a hell on earth, might as well start with the most famous city in the world.
That’s often not been the case in recent years.
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
Why invoking a public health crisis too often can lead society astray.
In his memoir, “Unleashed,” the former prime minister is “optimistic” about the possibility that Donald J. Trump could regain the White House.