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

If you're trying to up your reading goals this year, popular books written by the best literary minds are great to have on ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and illuminate how the nation ended up where it is today Science From a detective story on the origins of Covid-19 to a narrative that ...

A portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant shows that there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor.

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

14. “The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris” by Evie Woods (One More Chapter) ...

Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote herself. A novel that explores how we might make meaning of our ...

Witkoff says US ‘finally’ got answer on Putin’s demands for peace.