Through a series of vignettes, Kauffman’s fifth novel centers on a woman determined to spend Christmas with her extended ...

Molly recommends Annie Ernaux’s photographic record of a love affair and a sociologist’s study of the moments when conflict ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” Meryl Gordon offers a thorough biography ...

Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world. Credit...The New York Times Supported by By Joumana Khatib and Emma Lumeij Every year the Book ...

“I recommend old age,” she said in a New York Times interview in 2020 ... of a literary moment these days. Neither of the books I discuss today fall into that genre, but they do introduce ...

Editors and writers from around the newsroom describe their favorite books of the year. Credit...The New York Times Supported by I don’t know why I picked up LOVED AND MISSED. It must have ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. As we prepare to turn the corner into 2025, poetry is in the spotlight this week, with new books of verse from Percival Everett ...

By The New York Times Books Staff She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. The other day ... set we try to apply here each week, recommending books that may be as different as an ice-bound whaling novel ...

By The New York Times Books Staff Try this short quiz on literature from the first half of the 20th century that drew censorship challenges — and still does. By J. D. Biersdorfer ...