Our columnist on some recent favorites.
Julia Armfield’s “Private Rites” is a contemporary reimagining of the Shakespearean tragedy, set in a flooded London.
Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
“If I come across ‘Dad’ or ‘Mommy,’ I’m out,” says the former U.S. poet laureate. “‘Grandma’ gets a pass.” His new collection is “Water, Water.”
“The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia, combines personal history and investigative journalism to account for his country’s turn to militant Hindu nationalism.
In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.
A Hitchcockian thriller, an off-the-grid memoir, novels by Weike Wang and Lily Tuck, and more.
On Dec. 3, we’ll announce our picks. Make sure you’re among the first to find out.
The “Nosferatu” actor and the writer discuss solitude, self-editing and the playfulness of their work.
In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her country turns grim.
The first two episodes will be shown at a film festival in Havana that was long championed by Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist who wrote the book.
Our columnist on new thrillers by Christopher Bollen, M.W. Craven and Marie Tierney.
Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her heroines, and her dozens of books helped her amass a fortune of $300 million.
The comedian Youngmi Mayer is fearless on TikTok, about her Korean American identity and foodie culture. In a new memoir, she explains laughing while crying.
Orhan Pamuk’s illustrated notebooks lead us to the great writer’s mind, then ask us to remain outside.
Stories of giving and of appreciating everyday wonders will warm hearts and teach valuable lessons this holiday season.
In “The White Ladder,” the British writer Daniel Light explores the heroes, villains and dramas of early mountaineering.
In an eye-opening collection, Emily Mester considers why she, and we, seek satisfaction by obsessively choosing, buying and rating the objects we desire.
Reporting on the 40th anniversary of the popular pizza literacy program sent one writer on a mozzarella-scented memory trail.
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