Plus, “the best writer you’ve never heard of.”
The British entertainer rose to fame with the television show “Little Britain” and has published over 40 children’s books.
The photographer Peter Adams visited 15 presidential libraries, chronicling individual objects that offered insights about the men who have sat in the White House.
“Don’t Stop Snowing,” by Gabriel Bump, follows a young man through a winter of self-doubt, ruptured relationships and recovery.
In “Rome’s Age of Revolution,” Tim Whitmarsh argues that movements advanced by Augustus and Paul the Apostle, far from being at odds, were two sides of the same imperial coin.
In “The Intangibles,” the journalist Nick Paumgarten traces his long love of hockey from childhood to the beer leagues.
A champion of slow, methodical editing and long working relationships with writers, he was regarded as one of the best of his generation. He was 72.
M. John Harrison’s dystopian tale “The End of Everything” beat out higher profile books by Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart.
In “Department of Fate,” the MS NOW pundit Rachel Maddow shows how federal prosecution turned into a political tool.
In “Murder in Paris ’68,” Edward Chisholm unspools the seedy murder of Alain Delon’s bodyguard with panache and hard-boiled charm.
In a new memoir, the veteran investigative reporter gets personal, tallying scoops he missed along with those he ferreted out of politicians and officials.
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said his aggressive prostate cancer meant he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” to promote his forthcoming memoir as he had hoped.
The Netflix adaptation offers a seven-part meditation on an extreme, unchecked expression of — specifically female — anger.
James Gleick’s latest book is an encyclopedic homage to the technology that dominated life, romantic and otherwise, in the last century.
The British novelist Siân Hughes smartly excavates one woman’s messy past and midlife crash-out in “No Such Thing as Monday.”
After publishing a book about the 1939 classic “The Women,” the actress and writer talks about her film career and her role in #MeToo.
“Look at Me,” his long-awaited memoir, is an entertaining, if incomplete, reminder of how wrong he turned out to be.
The ‘American Hagwon’ author’s home features floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and seven fireplaces.
The reality TV star keeps busy with new shows and a new book, but she makes time for shopping the RealReal, decorating her manor and “crone-like things.”
David Treuer’s new book is a letter to his children about the savage history of our national character.
Some book publishers pulled Brand’s titles after his conviction on a rape charge on Thursday. But streaming services like YouTube seem less sure how to deal with old content featuring the former star.
“The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds,” a long out-of-print picture book published in 1950, illuminates the metaphysical side of Margaret Wise Brown.
A new provincial law requires public libraries to pull and restrict items with “graphic visual depictions of sexual acts.” Librarians argue the mandate opens the door to censorship.
Marlon James’s “The Disappearers” is a bettors’ favorite, but a dystopian sci-fi book and a funny campus novel are among the five other titles that could win. Vote for your favorite here.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The store agreed to settle a claim that it was not entitled to the loan because its owner is married to a U.S. senator.
The work of the French artist Moebius made him a foundational influence on the fantasy worlds of the 20th century.
The peppy animated version is filled with bold colors, half-decent jokes and a couple of catchy tunes.
D.J. Taylor’s new book is part biography and part critical study of the writer behind “The Lord of the Rings.”
For Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, imagining the life of North Korea’s leader was a risk worth taking, despite the backlash.
“The Subtle Art of Folding Space,” “Sublimation” and “Foundling Fathers” consider identity in worlds beyond our own.
He was a geologist who switched careers and became a prolific and adventurous journalist. He died at 82.
In books and essays, he captured the unease beneath Japan’s economic miracle and wrote about everyday people who might never appear in headlines.
He will most likely never be aware of the book’s publication if I do not tell him.
A new book explores the contested legacy of one of the world’s most respected independence leaders.
At the British Library, visitors are invited to sift through a lifetime of clues to uncover the woman behind the world’s best-selling crime novels.
His books about sex, drugs and social misfits amid the country’s economic boom — and subsequent bust — sold millions of copies.
Cannibalism has become an increasingly popular trope in contemporary fiction, with female authors leading the charge. Our reporter Alexandra Alter dives into why female authors are drawn to the taboo topic as an expression of female rage.
For the best-selling fantasy author Leigh Bardugo, the worlds of Stephen King were more appealing than the world of “Sweet Valley High.” Growing up surrounded by popular kids who played volleyball and drove convertibles, she found more of an escape in horror and science fiction than in stories that reminded her of her own life.
Leigh Bardugo is the best-selling author behind the Ninth House trilogy, which just concluded with the release of “Dead Beat.” But her introduction to the joys of being scared out of her wits was way back in fifth grade.
Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses her approach to writing her recent essay with Patrick Healy, an assistant managing editor at The New York Times.
Nikole Hannah-Jones’s recent essay examines a decision she made about her daughter’s education that she hoped would challenge New York City’s school system. Hannah-Jones discusses her approach to writing the essay and the public response with Patrick Healy, an assistant managing editor at The New York Times.