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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.

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.

The actor is now playing an adult version of the sinister child he portrayed in the film series.

In the thrilling “Family of Spies,” Christine Kuehn tells the story of learning the darkest of secrets.

For the obsessed protagonist of Marisa Kashino’s darkly comic debut novel, “Best Offer Wins,” real estate is blood sport.

The best-selling author B.K. Borison recommends sweet and sexy reads that capture the cozy magic of the season.

Carla Kaplan’s biography “Troublemaker” focuses on the fierce political commitments of the journalist best known for “The American Way of Death.”

She wrote two popular memoirs: the first about the joys of married life, the second about her husband serving her divorce papers on their 40th anniversary.

The writer and YouTube star on trying to get back to the experiences that make us feel alive.

The title of Daniel Swift’s book “The Dream Factory,” about the creative and capitalist conditions of Elizabethan drama, tellingly evokes the commercial aspirations of old Hollywood.

It began with Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s Nobel Prize in October, and continued this month with the Booker Prize and the National Book Awards. Our panel of editors discusses what it all means.

Like her debut, “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier,” the novelist’s “Some Bright Nowhere” is bound to touch a nerve. That’s fine with her.

How the rise and fall of the nihilist hipster gave us the cruel reactionaries of today.

Eleven recommendations for fans of Rick Riordan’s Olympians series, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

He translated nearly 30 books, including novels by Georges Perec, a master of linguistic games, and Ismail Kadare.

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

In “Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion,” he argued that language is a biological system unique to humans, despite the widespread belief that it extended to other animals.

He turned an obsession with forgotten stars into a popular series, long before “Where Are They Now?” features became ubiquitous.

A family’s forgotten copy of Superman No. 1, from 1939, was sold by Heritage Auctions.

David Lebovitz has built a loyal following online with recipes that offer shortcuts but make no compromises.

Our columnist on three books worth your time.

“Journalism is essential, but it can’t get at certain levels of experience — so I wrote a fable,” he says of “The Emergency,” his first novel in more than 25 years.

Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s reckoning with Gaza took the nonfiction prize.

A New Zealand book competition dropped two of a publisher’s books because they had A.I.-generated covers. The publisher and the designer pushed back.

In “The Butterfly Thief,” Walter Marsh tells the story of a notorious crime and its eccentric perpetrator.

In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it.

The movie star plays a man from the future at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in an adaptation of some of his stories. Kelli O’Hara shines as his love interest.