In honor of the 25th anniversary of New York Review Books Classics, we've selected 25 gems that the publisher has unearthed during its quarter century on earth—plus one from this year, for good ...

And first, a closer look at NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank’s new ‘Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century ...

Writing the history of the novel, even covering a limited period, is a challenge. No one could possibly read every novel that ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ... WAITING FOR THE FEAR (NYRB Classics, 208 pp., paperback, $16.95) is an astonishing, deeply wry example, a collection of ...

This year, the prize goes to the Italian poet Antonella Anedda for her book “Historiae” (NYRB), translated from the Italian by Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli. “Once in a while I use a ...

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. The celebrity chef’s ...

The Italian writer’s stories are shot through with a playful sense of dreamlike absurdity.

By Dave Kim The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia. By Ali Watkins Our ...

That’s begun to change in recent years, and PW spoke with three authors whose forthcoming books continue to shift the narrative. Podcaster and true crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson recounts ...

Indeed, throughout the decades, plenty of books — some highly acclaimed, some much more obscure — have been taken by filmmakers and transformed into some of the greatest motion pictures in ...