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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.

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The pair work together to envision Kristian Hadeland, the protagonist of the author’s latest novel, “The School of Night.”

What birders well know, fans of “composite organisms” and other creatures can now learn: how to identify obscure species in the wild.

As told in Tarpley Hitt’s rollicking “Barbieland,” the rise of America’s doll alter ego is much messier and more interesting than any movie.

Fifty years after her death, the German-born political thinker has been enshrined as a prophet for our times. What did she actually say?

The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.

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

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Raised in a large chaotic family outside Boston, the journalist Janice Page recalls an eventful childhood and the love story that brought her to China and back again.

The author of novels, histories, biographies and influential political essays, he approached them all with a droll British wit and a steadfast commitment to Western values.

We made a list! Now we explain why we love the books we chose.

An adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella arrives at the same time as a new biography, unlocking one of his best-loved and least-understood books.

After a year of deliberation, the editors at The New York Times Book Review have picked their 10 best books of 2025. Three editors share their favorites.

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

How one era changed everything about the culture — and why we’re so nostalgic for its creations.

In “Casanova 20,” a young Adonis and a renowned painter are forced to navigate Covid-19.

“American Canto,” published amid a scandal over the journalist’s alleged romantic entanglements with politicians she covered, offers many scenes but little sense.

“Prince Faggot,” “Figaro/Faggots” and other productions use the word to shock, provoke, reclaim it for gay men or all of the above. Does that make it OK?

“Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures,” a new biography of Denis Johnson, traces the life of a brilliant nonconformist.

His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies.

In “Girls Play Dead,” Jen Percy examines the ways women respond to sexual trauma.