Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”
Readers respond to a guest essay about ... reading (in college). Also: What Ukraine needs; “profiles in cowardice”; who we are as Americans.
Townsend Davis and his wife Bridget were happily married for more than a decade when an unexpected diagnosis disrupted everything.
For his latest book, the French writer Emmanuel Carrère sat in a Parisian courthouse, absorbing grueling testimony about the 2015 massacre at the concert hall and other venues in the city.
We want to know what stuck with you this year. What were the best things you watched, read and heard?
The late-night host looms over the culture to this day, in part because he knew how to mix comedy and sex. But there was a darkness at the heart of his appeal.
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all.
The Native American guitarist graced records by Bob Dylan and John Lennon, but fell to addiction in 1988. A new book and exhibit are telling his story.
Two families navigate a pivotal holiday season that transforms their lives.
The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.
En el primer volumen de sus memorias (que no ha leído), la estrella explora su difícil infancia, su tenso matrimonio con Sonny Bono y cómo encontró su voz.
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.
A poet, scholar and literary critic, she turned a feminist lens on 19th-century writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, creating a feminist classic.
A beloved figure in the theatrical community, she redefined the role of dramaturg, influencing playwrights like David Adjmi and David Henry Hwang.
Fiction of full of love stories. Try this short quiz on the romantic pairings in five 20th-century novels.
To fully understand Charles Burns’s remarkable graphic novel, “Final Cut,” you have to look closely at the way in which it was rendered.
“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before.
The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive.
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.
Alice Mason era la agente inmobiliaria de la élite de Nueva York y una experta en el arte de la anfitrionía. Una fiesta alteraría su legado y tensaría la relación con su hija.
Elias Khoury’s “Children of the Ghetto” series continues with a young man switching identities in a society seeking to erase him.
Barry Gifford’s bohemian scrapbook; Elizabeth McCracken’s eulogy for a mother.
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from its paintings.
Stephen Bruno, who wrote a book about his life as a doorman, helps people head to brunch, then gets ready for a day of religious worship and a night of dancing.
Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.
“Lazarus Man” follows several characters in Harlem in the wake of a building collapse.
Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.
Good writing requires four things: precision, freedom, respect and love. In this political climate, these qualities are especially important.
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.
In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the beginning of a whole new world.
Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.
In “Prospero’s Daughter” and other novels, she explored the legacy of colonialism in her native Trinidad and the struggle for belonging in an adopted country.
A food king of Manhattan welcomes the newsletter crowd to a party celebrating the 50th anniversary of his Upper East Side cafe.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
An event at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont celebrated an upcoming book about Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, two writers who documented the magic of California.
Unlike in some previous adaptations, this Alex Cross is particularly spry and muscled — just as the writer James Patterson created him.
Si buscas o exploras una alternativa a la monogamia, estos libros pueden ayudarte.
In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world around us; he erases it.
Recent books by Minsoo Kang, Margaret Killjoy and James S.A. Corey.
In the last year, museums, book festivals, arts journals and other organizations have experienced bitter discord over what qualifies as tolerable speech about the conflict and its combatants.
Our columnist on new books by David McCloskey, Sarah Sawyer and Ragnar Jónasson.
“It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She thanks her own mother for the gift of Margaret Atwood.
Sergio Gor, who has helped run the publishing company that produces the president-elect’s books, has been tapped to run the presidential personnel office, people briefed on the matter said.
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas whom Mr. Trump has selected for a crucial diplomatic role, co-founded a company selling a cartoon “Kids Guide to President Trump.”
La mayoría de las apuestas apuntaban a “James”, de Percival Everett, pero el jurado eligió la “bella y milagrosa” novela de Harvey, ambientada a bordo de una estación espacial.
“The Impossible Man,” by Patchen Barss, depicts the British mathematical physicist and Nobelist Sir Roger Penrose in all his iconoclastic complexity.
They say it’s a bad idea to start a new relationship when you’re fighting an addiction, but Laura Cathcart Robbins decided she had to break the rules.
Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set aboard a space station.
“Set My Heart on Fire” follows a young woman through a world of drugs, music and highly conditional relationships.
Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz.
In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.
Sergio De La Pava’s novel “Every Arc Bends Its Radian” is a detective story that takes a strange turn in Colombia’s dark underbelly.
Entre los ganadores anteriores del prestigioso premio se encuentran ‘La vida de Pi’ de Yann Martel y ‘El asesino ciego’ de Margaret Atwood. ¿Cuál de estos seis contendientes merece ser añadido a esa ilustre lista?
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.
In a new biography, Peter Ames Carlin chronicles the rise of an indispensable band and the evolution of its music.
Percival Everett’s “James” is the favorite for the prestigious literary award. But the likes of Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” or Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital” could take the prize instead.
Peter Brown’s obsession with the abandoned railway that became the High Line led to two best sellers — including “The Wild Robot,” which is now a blockbuster movie.
Our columnist on a handful of recently reissued crime novels, all of which are worth your time.
What a 19th-century Swiss novel, and a young fan’s pilgrimage to the Alps, taught me about fatherhood.
He memorably portrayed a frizzy-haired science teacher roping her elementary school class into adventures aboard a shape-shifting yellow bus.
En su libro “The Interpretation of Cats”, el autor francés Claude Béata ayuda a explicar el inescrutable comportamiento de nuestros compañeros felinos.
In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street.
Alice Mason was New York City’s broker to the elite and a master at the art of hosting. One fete would alter her legacy and strain her relationship with her daughter.
In a dual biography, the journalist Lili Anolik casts the two writers as opposite sides of the same ambitious, 1960s-Hollywood coin.
In “Stranger Than Fiction,” Edwin Frank maps a path from Dostoyevsky to Sebald, finding mystical power and surprising ties among 20th-century writers.
In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.
The G.O.P. pollster Patrick Ruffini’s book “Party of the People” outlined the realignments reflected in this year’s election results.
As Paul French argues in a new biography, the future Duchess of Windsor’s year in China was less lurid — and more interesting — than her critics knew.
In “The Magnificent Ruins,” an Indian expatriate reunites with her estranged family after her grandfather unexpectedly made her heir to his estate.
Esther Kinsky reflects on the nature of seeing in a book about an old cinema in Hungary.
In “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,” Rob Sheffield chronicles how Taylor Swift has made fans, foes and even journalists part of her story.
She wrote lovingly and often hilariously about her harrowing childhood in a working-class Southern family, as well as about the violence and incest she suffered.
Nick Harkaway is an accomplished author who also happens to be le Carré’s son. In his latest book, “Karla’s Choice,” he revisits his father’s great spy protagonist, George Smiley.
“Us Fools,” by Nora Lange, is a tale of two sisters living through the diseased expanse of the country’s recent history.
In 1988, India issued an order forbidding the import of Salman Rushdie’s novel. A Delhi Court has overturned the order, not because of free speech, but because no one could find it.
In “Freedom Braids” and “The Magic Callaloo,” young girls follow cornrowed maps to escape slavery.
Shanghai straddles the past and the future, a dizzying prism of many histories and cultures. The poet Sally Wen Mao shares books that illuminate this cosmopolitan city.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Cozy, whimsical novels — often featuring magical cats — that have long been popular in Japan and Korea are taking off globally. Fans say they offer comfort during a chaotic time.
An imagined chat with Pooh commemorates the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s “When We Were Very Young.”
Perhaps the ultimate test is whether it merits a reread, even after all the objects have been found.
A novel within a novel fueled her hit thriller, “The Plot.” Keeping the stories straight was even harder for “The Sequel.”
Twenty years after her debut sold four million copies, Susanna Clarke is back.
The “Somebody Somewhere” star is tired of the same old love stories.
It’s tough to get work in film and television these days. So one unemployed writer decided to study up on “The Price Is Right.”
Craig Garnett, the publisher of The Uvalde Leader-News, opens up about covering a tragedy that was — and is — too close to home.
This short trivia quiz tests your knowledge of fiction and nonfiction works that were made into popular films about space exploration and the quest to connect with other worlds.
A new collection of personal letters tracks the neurologist’s raucous self-discovery and venerable career.
Immersive novels by Leigh Bardugo, Madeline Miller, Brian Jacques and more offer thrilling adventures in richly imagined realms.
With Patrick Bringley’s “All the Beauty in the World” now in its 10th printing, he’s debuting in two new roles: playwright and actor.
In “The Interpretation of Cats,” Claude Béata helps explain the inscrutable behavior of our feline companions.
Bookstores say customers love “Blind Date With a Book,” which masks a book’s real cover and lets readers discover what’s inside.
Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy. Bill Zehme’s biography, “Carson the Magnificent,” tries to break through.
Llevar un cuaderno de todas las oportunidades que rechazó ayudó a la escritora Leslie Jamison a darse cuenta de lo que más importa.
He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book about how the startup magazine The Industry Standard fizzled.
An underground party memoir; an argument for nonhuman life.
The controversial philosopher discusses societal taboos, Thanksgiving turkeys and whether anyone is doing enough to make the world a better place.
A new history by Roland Allen uncovers the wealth of ideas and invention hidden in the notebooks of literary luminaries.
John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.
Sally Rooney’s new novel explores the relationship between two brothers grieving the death of their father, and follows their complicated love lives with Rooney’s usual panache.
Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.
Share your memories of reading García Márquez’s books here.
Discuss our November book club selection, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel García Márquez, with the Book Review.
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A record number of books were banned in districts across the country during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a free speech organization.
Suzanne Nossel, who has led the free expression group since 2013, is leaving after a year of intense criticism of its response to the war in Gaza.
A maximalist comedy about the interior life, a riff on fatherhood and a return after four decades to a sci-fi classic are all worth close looks this month.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Thousands of people, including prize winning writers, signed a letter pledging not to work with “complicit” organizations. Many others opposed the call in a separate letter.
The former first lady’s new book shows that she still doesn’t care.
Pizza Hut’s Book It! literacy program, founded in 1984, has reached more than 70 million students — and counts the radio host Charlamagne Tha God among its fans.
Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more.
In “Feast While You Can,” two women who have long been nemeses rely on each other to face an ancient terror that has re-emerged.
The actor and foodie admired the Nobel Prize winner’s “Alisse at the Fire,” with “Septology” up next. His own new book is “What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts).”
Nuevas películas y programas de televisión revisitan un “extraño rincón” de la década de 1980 y ofrecen lecciones para la actualidad.
An attack on culture divides the very people who should be in direct dialogue, reading each other’s books. It cannot be that the solution to conflict is to read less, and not more.
“I Heard You Paint Houses,” his true-crime best seller about the death of Jimmy Hoffa, was brought to the screen by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
His Pulitzer Prize-nominated history of the war was warmly received by the Pentagon, but rejected elsewhere for ignoring what many said made the war “unwinnable.”
Tom Clavin’s “Bandit Heaven” takes us down the “Outlaw Trail” with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Novels by Haruki Murakami and Rebecca Yarros, memoirs by Angela Merkel and Cher, and more.
With a forthcoming nonfiction book and an online army of Nerdfighters, the young-adult author aims to eliminate an entirely curable global scourge.
Writing for anglers and amateurs alike, he found that the sport can reveal as much about people as it does about fish.
Stephen Graham Jones and Joe Hill with their recommendations for this Halloween season.
“Why can’t ballet be a roller coaster?” Helen Pickett said of her and James Bonas’s full-length work, premiering this week at American Ballet Theater.
The eponymous healer in “Sister Deborah” inspires a Black feminist uprising.
We’re covering America’s working-class majority.
The beauty editor Tish Weinstock wrote a book about “undead style.”
Ephron’s entire oeuvre — “When Harry Met Sally,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “Heartburn” and more — is examined in a new book.
The robust feminist blogosphere of 2016 is all but gone. Some of the creators are missing its perspective.
Magic, madness and supernatural horror have driven many book plots over the centuries. This short quiz scares up several popular novels to test your knowledge.
Our columnist reviews October’s new horror books.
A new biography of one of the quintessential artists of the 20th century.
New movies and TV shows are revisiting a “weird corner” of the ’80s — and offering lessons for today.
Democrats swept a school board election in Bucks County after Republicans instituted book bans and other changes. But the right-wing “parental rights” movement has left an indelible mark.
Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying.
Since her death, Didion has become a literary subject as popular for her image and writing as for the fascination she inspired for almost half a century.
El mundo está enviando un mensaje sobre sus prioridades, y no parece que incluyan Moby Dick.
An atheist in a convent; a bloodthirsty reality show hostess.
These books are perfect for the spooky season.
With the first volume of a new series and an instructional book on magic, the “Watchmen” author wants an imaginary revolution.
From downtown New York, the writer both scrutinized and kept ahead of a turbulent world.
He made films, video art and photographs, but was best known as a pioneering art critic and mordant novelist.
The series is the third production linked to the author to face turmoil after allegations made by five women surfaced this summer.