Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...

Dressed in his mystic attire, he bumps into Bhide and slyly drops a ₹100 note, asking Bhide if it’s his. Honest as always, Bhide denies, earning praise from Raja Mastana for his integrity.

Guidebooks can be wonderful resources for helping travelers navigate destinations. But the best travel books can also inspire journeys. Fiction or nonfiction, there’s no shortage of books with a ...

Here are the most exciting books we're most looking forward to sharing in 2025 Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

From highly anticipated sequels to fresh voices debuting their first novels, the year is shaping up to be a thrilling one for book lovers. These releases reflect the diverse range of stories that ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

Tapu reveals the plan to his friends: after distracting Bapuji in the society garden, Sonu will lure Bhide away so Raja Mastana can meet him at the gate. But just as they finalize their strategy ...

After finding his alcoholic wife dead in the bathtub of their Berlin apartment, Kaspar, a 70-something bookstore owner, discovers an unfinished book she was writing, in secret, about her own ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. As we prepare to turn the corner into 2025, poetry is in the spotlight this week, with new books of verse from Percival Everett ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir Can You Find the 13 Book Titles Hidden in This Text Puzzle? This short scene conceals the names of 13 books published in the middle decades of the 20th century. See if you can ...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has a lot of options for her next act — including possible runs for governor of California in 2026 and president in 2028 — but writing a book may be ...

The bestselling author of “Presumed Innocent” has a new masterful legal thriller. A judge named Rusty finds his peaceful retirement disrupted when his troubled stepson and his girlfriend ...