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

A wedding brings out the best and worst in people. Tensions run high, as do the comedic and dramatic possibilities during a ...

September 24-30, 2024. I don’t know where you are reading this, but where I’m writing it the temperature today was 93 degrees ...

This is the first book in a new fantasy series from the author of the hugely popular “Watchmen” and “V for Vendetta” graphic novels. In 1949, an 18-year-old student discovers a book from ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, including hardcover and paperback ...

Here are the 35 best new book releases out this week: September 10-16, 2024. It’s hurricane season and storms can strike anywhere. So be prepared: make sure you have lots of books on hand and ...

The top book of the week goes to Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst… 1. Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst is ...

The fledgling F.B.I. intervened, ineffectively. If a book is not in a rank since the previous week, it will not have an arrow. The last few titles on the list known as the extended list ...

1. Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner (Scribner: $30) A seductive and cunning American woman infiltrates an anarchist collective in France. 2. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (Viking: $30) A retired ...

The Pulitzer and National Book Award ... coming out this week they are eager to read. Writer Yuri Herrera tackles the past with his novel. Season of the Swamp is set in New Orleans in 1853 ...

It’s a fun, light read that would be perfect for enjoying on a autumnal afternoon, with a touch of witchy magic thrown in for Halloween. 7/10 (Review by Anita Chambers) 2. Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio ...