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 2023?s sexiest, swooniest reads.

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

Our columnist picks the year?s best.

Naoise Dolan?s ?The Happy Couple? follows 20-something Dubliners hurtling toward the altar, stubbornly clinging to their self-delusions that this is what they want.

A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career.

Over the next six months, inmates in prisons around the country will be able to debate and vote on the winner of a new book award ? the Inside Literary Prize.

Three new books describe far-flung societies ? from the Native tribes of North America to the caliphates of Eurasia ? that have made war and sustained their conquests.

From witch stories to near-future noir, here are the year?s 10 best speculative books.

Sorry, Swifties. The Gen Z slang term ? derived from ?charisma? ? went viral this year after the actor Tom Holland claimed to have none.

?Prophet Song? has earned comparisons to dystopian classics like ?1984.? But Lynch downplays the book?s political message. This book, he says, was deeply personal.

In ?Zero at the Bone,? Christian Wiman offers a welcome tonic: poetic and philosophical reminders of how to get through troubling times.

Here are the novels our columnist loved most.

The Book Review?s daily critics ? Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai ? reflect on the books that stuck with them in 2023.

After decamping from New York to New Mexico, he wrote what was, for a time, among the most widely read novels about Latinos.

Long before Florida Man became a meme, he mined the Sunshine State?s weirdness for enough material to fill 26 darkly funny crime novels.

Molly recommends a 19th-century ?Dumb and Dumber? and a collection of essays about the weirder corners of the business world.

Paolini, a best-selling author of young adult fantasy novels, has a new book out, ?Murtagh.? In it, he returns to the world of ?Eragon? and the adventures he began creating as a teenager.

In his new book, ?The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,? the journalist Tim Alberta subjects his faith?s embrace of right-wing extremism to critical scrutiny.

They include an espionage caper, the tale of a murderous librarian and a high-stakes adventure that takes place inside the various stomachs of a whale.

In ?Most Delicious Poison,? Noah Whiteman explores nature?s fine line between killing and curing.

In ?Welcome Home, Stranger,? Kate Christensen takes readers inside the best kind of fictional family: a dysfunctional one.

Justice O?Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, was a swing vote on polarizing issues before a closely divided court. These books offer insight into her life, career and legacy.

New books by Vajra Chandrasekera, Avi Silver, Cadwell Turnbull, Michael Mammay and T. Kingfisher.

?Prophet Song,? a novel by Paul Lynch, is set in Dublin during a political crisis.

From a 200th-anniversary edition of Clement C. Moore?s Christmas Eve tale to lightheartedly loopy poems for every day of the year.

Our columnist recommends six new thrillers.

A secret, a disappearance, a frozen body and a mysterious stranger ? these historical novels have something for everyone.

Our romance columnist recommends four new books.

Sam Wasson?s supremely entertaining new book, ?The Path to Paradise,? tracks the ups and downs, ins and outs, of a remarkable career.

Need a little diversion? Our crime columnist has plenty of books to recommend.

Perdita Weeks reads the audiobook version of Megan Barnard?s debut novel, reimagining the Israeli queen as a source of mythic, feminist anger.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Swift-inspired classes are sweeping colleges across the country.

The rollout of ?Endgame? caused a scandal after a quickly withdrawn translation named family members said to have asked about the skin color of Prince Harry and Meghan?s future son.

The author of the Percy Jackson series (newly adapted for Disney+ this month) is looking for anthologies of Indigenous folklore and mythology, too.

A poem from Langston Hughes discovered by a rare-books cataloger in Yale?s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

A landmark biography of Ella Fitzgerald, memoirs from David Mamet and Liz Cheney, a new historical novel from Ariel Lawhon and more.

A wildly prolific son of Texas, McMurtry was a tangle of contradictions. Here?s where to start.

Surprising ascensions, Hollywood migrations and daggers to the art ? it?s all part of life at the top.

The authors of ?Comedy Book? and ?Outrageous? argue that culture-war worries about what?s a laughing matter have been overplayed.

Adalyn Grace, the author of the ?Belladonna? series and the ?All the Stars and Teeth? duology, recommends her favorite young adult novels with heroines torn between competing romantic interests.

The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who?ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara Walker.

For decades, Juan Rulfo?s novel, ?Pedro Páramo,? has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.

This month, writer Suleika Jaouad revisits her second bone marrow transplant in the documentary ?American Symphony.?

The poem?s repetitions evoke the grim repetitions of history.

The author of ?The Jemima Code? has distilled 200 years of African American drinking know-how into her new ?Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice.?

They?re here!

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

It would be tempting to allow my son to believe in a world that will never betray him, but I want him to know better.

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