Crafting The New York Times Book Review’s annual list involves arguments, politicking and, every once in a while, a rare ...

Here are a few of the books that stuck with us and became personal favorites this year. Perhaps they will stick with you, too ...

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year.

A new biography traces the life of Denis Johnson, the brilliant nonconformist who wrote “Tree of Smoke,” “Train Dreams” and ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Last week we published our annual list of 100 Notable Books; today, we winnow that list to the 10 Best Books of 2025. And now ...

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Credit...Jack Smyth Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff Each January, the ...

In their 73rd year of highlighting children’s books, the New York Times Book Review and the New York Public Library have announced the 10 winners of the Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award. This ...

The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, have been collected in a single volume for the first time.

The prolific novelist’s correspondence, collected for the first time, trace a life of literary brilliance, turbulent loves and everyday pleasures. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently ...