In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical ...

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Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

Whatever the timing, it pays to shop for travel during low-demand spots on the calendar well in advance; that means usually ...

After the game on Sunday, which the Eagles won over the Green Bay Packers, 22-10, Brown expounded on his reading matter, the ...

In John Dufresne’s new book, “My Darling Boy,” a retired journalist races to rescue his son from the painful grip of opioids.

Parents in Maryland said a school board’s refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the ...

In 1994, the Irish detective Julia Harte gets assigned to a serial killer case that eats away at her until she retires and ...

In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It ...

The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties ...