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

In 1828, thousands gathered in Bury St Edmunds to watch William Corder hang for the murder of Maria Marten, his lover, in a ...

Matthew Specktor grew up around celebrities during an era of bold filmmaking — only to see safe franchises dominate and ...

I have such easy access to my fans and customers.” Those are the words of Kylie Jenner, from a 2018 Forbes profile. Jenner was on the path to billionaire status, but in many ways the bill ...

Solvej Balle’s series about a woman trapped in time, On the Calculation of Volume, became a sensation in Denmark. Now they arrive in the UK ...

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the book club’s thoughts on our latest read, the weird and wild Dengue Boy by Michel ...

In her latest novel, “Audition,” Katie Kitamura exploits all the tension and ambiguity inherent in that opening scene to craft a short, propulsive novel that suggests that at work and in life, we are ...

The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards ...

Katie Kitamura’s thrilling new novel, “Audition,” examines the performances we put on for others — and exposes the shams that ...

finding that those who read books survived around 2 years longer than those who either didn’t read or who read magazines and other forms of media. The study found that people who read more than ...

Whether you’ve joined the 2025 challenge on Goodreads or you’re already planning your spring break and summer holiday reading material, you’re spoiled for choice with new book releases from ...

In our testing, we created hardcover books using all the services in a roughly 11 x 8.5-inch landscape format, as we felt ... If you'd like to read those older reviews, they're listed below.