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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.

Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2024’s sexiest, swooniest reads.

Finding a book you’ll love can be daunting. Let us help.

In a new book, the culture critic Thomas Frank skewers pundits who promote novelty and ingenuity as a solution to our ills at the expense of working people.

He made his name with “The Blackhouse,” a mystery set in the Outer Hebrides that was turned down by publishers before fueling a bidding war. He was 74.

The author Nick Medina recommends novels that capture the vibes of beloved scary movies like “The Thing,” “Scream” and more.

More shops are opening their doors, providing genre fans the chance to browse, buy and find creepy community.

Our columnist on four new books worth your time.

In a new book, Fredrik deBoer argues that deinstitutionalization, the anti-psychiatry movement and Gen Z’s romanticization have done more harm than good.

In the filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s first novel, a strange broadcast invites curious outsiders to an alternate world behind the screen.

In “American Socialist,” Shawn Gude tracks the rise and fall of the movement led by the left-wing presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs.

The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun envisioned a sci-fi TV series about a sinister video store. “Public Access Afterworld” is the ambitious 600-page result.

The new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from Gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.

“Morel’s Invention,” by Adolfo Bioy Casares, explores ideas that are quickly becoming daily realities.

Chad Harbach’s “The Brightness” explores the fraught politics of college life and the precarious years that come after it.

In “Dead Batteries,” a woman must raise her neurodivergent child while surviving in a deadly postapocalyptic world.

A musical adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story has been in the works for nearly 10 years. Now it is making its U.S. debut at the Public Theater.

In Neal Stephenson’s new novel, a foppish reporter stumbles into a plot to secure materials crucial to building nuclear weapons.

Sam Wasson venerates Frank Capra, who directed a clutch of Hollywood classics. His new biography aims to challenge an earlier, unflattering portrait.

In the fizzy if didactic “Peck & Peck,” Bonnie Garmus observes a young man climbing the ranks of a very eccentric literary magazine.

Publishers generally don’t race to acquire story collections these days, but studios appear eager to shell out for unpublished short works.

“A Talent for Murder” turns the novelist into a suspicious character in a psychological thriller. The author’s caustic personality makes the leap plausible.

An expert in correspondence shares how to craft letters with impact for both the sender and the recipient.

After a five-year hiatus, Sarah J. Maas returns with the latest installment in her best-selling romantasy series.

A probing, excellent account of one crusading medical professor explores the humanity behind literature’s master of deduction.

Whether you’re following a path through the woods or gasping at a voice from the ghost world, Daniel Nayeri’s new novel surprises and delights.

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

Spending seven hours and 51 minutes at the second annual marathon reading of Sylvia Plath’s novel in Manhattan.

“This World of Tomorrow,” co-starring Kelli O’Hara, will come to Broadway next fall.

His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon.

In Taika Waititi’s latest film, Jenna Ortega plays a futuristic android with a winsome outlook. Unfortunately, no emotional button goes unpushed.

Just in time for Halloween.

Magic lanterns, doppelgängers and unsettling events haunt “The Shadow of the Object,” an intoxicatingly off-kilter novel.

The horror and dark fantasy writer is known for his gruesome imagination and lush, baroque prose. Here’s where to start.

Chad Harbach broke big with “The Art of Fielding.” While set on the same campus, his long-awaited follow-up arrives at a different literary moment.