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Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain’s most famous literary son.

“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.

In “Fires in the Dark,” Jamison, known for her expertise on manic depression, delves into the quest to heal. Her new book, she says, is a “love song to psychotherapy.”

Dorothy L. Sayers dealt with emotional and financial instability by writing “Whose Body?,” the first of many to star the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

“Dom Casmurro,” by Machado de Assis, teaches us to read — and reread — with precise detail and masterly obfuscation.

Brandon Taylor’s novel circulates among Iowa City residents, some privileged, some not, but all aware that their possibilities are contracting.

The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.

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During his 50-year career, he represented dozens of best-selling authors, including Ken Follett, Stephen Hawking and Michael Lewis.

His Cold War thrillers “The Ipcress File” and “Funeral in Berlin” brought a documentary-style realism to the spy genre.

Is there anyone John Lithgow can’t — or won’t — play?

In “Chain of Ideas,” Ibram X. Kendi argues that a modern form of xenophobia has come to dominate conservative movements across the world.

In a new book, Caroline Tracey explores the mysteries and beauty of salt lakes.

Mieko Kawakami’s novel “Sisters in Yellow” follows a group of dreaming and scheming young women through society’s margins.

In “Stay Alive,” Ian Buruma paints a picture of the city dwellers who survived in Germany under the Nazis.

His best-selling 1968 book, which forecast global famines, made him a leader of the environmental movement. But he faced criticism when his predictions proved premature.

She wrote about postpartum depression when it was an unmentionable like abortion or birth control, and her research on her own suffering helped countless women.

A new history by Luke Barr chronicles the innovations, excesses and chauvinism of the French chefs who spawned a revolution in cooking.

In dozens of books, he rejected postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, arguing that rational communication was the best way to redeem democratic society.

Charlotte Wood’s “The Natural Way of Things” conjures a not-so-implausible world in which girls and young women are thrown into prison for their sexual shames.

At once, Mahmood Mamdani’s fame was eclipsed by his son’s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father’s work.

Her best-selling book encouraged people to tidy up homes and lives as death approached — as a gift for loved ones and to revisit memories.

After helping his family’s Rite-Aid drugstore empire flourish, he waged a surprisingly close but losing race as a Reagan Republican against Mario Cuomo in 1982.

Best-selling and award-winning authors spoke to us about how canines can spark creativity.

The work of the novelist Colleen Hoover has become hot property in Hollywood. Here’s why studios clamor to adapt her books.

From 1940 to 1973, Ursula Nordstrom transformed kids’ books into real art and big business. A new middle grade biography attempts to capture her magic.

Jordy Rosenberg’s second novel, “Night Night Fawn,” approaches a closed-minded matriarch with compassion, even at her child’s expense.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”

A 1967 correspondence led Cat Sebastian to imagine a contemporary scenario in which two sci-fi actors find more than screen chemistry.

The best-selling author Lisa Unger recommends her favorite dark and stormy thrillers by Stephen King, Ruth Ware and more.

A writer and critic, Mr. Koch struggled for years to shepherd his friend Peter Hujar’s underappreciated, Bohemian-world artwork to posthumous glory.

His best-known work, “The Wall Jumper,” proved prescient in its contention that the country would remain split even after reunification.

In “View from the East Wing,” the former first lady will recount her time in the White House and share her views on the 2024 presidential race.

He moved easily and prolifically through science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers, crime and historical fiction. His book “The Terror” was made into a cable TV series.

In an affecting new memoir, Tom Junod, a prizewinning magazine writer, grapples with unsettling discoveries about his larger-than-life dad.

From his perch in Hawaii, the hero of Patricia Finn’s first novel, “The Golden Boy,” revisits his dark past in rural Ontario.