Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

This month, pile your nightstand with Elizabeth Strout’s newest novel, Hugo Vickers’s biography of Wallis Simpson, and Jesmyn ...

Here are five of Colleen Hoover's best books, including "Verity" and "Reminders of Him," and five that might not live up to ...

Goodreads has officially named it the most popular sci-fi book of the last decade, and it is more than deserving of this ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Springtime won't be complete without these must-read book recommendations Lizz Schumer is the Senior Editor, Books, at PEOPLE. She has ...

This year may be remembered as the one that threatened to break our attention spans for good — if we manage to remember it at all. But despite a dip in book sales across the U.S., tireless discourse ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Actresses Irene Maiorino and Alba Caterina Rohrwacher on the television series "My Brilliant Friend," based on a novel by Elena ...

Stephen King's "Never Flinch" is one of the best beach reads for summer 2025, featuring recurring King character Holly Gibney. Summer is for going to the beach, hitting the pool and soaking up the sun ...

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Credit...The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff We’re a third of the way through 2026 and we at ...

Ruth, the impish narrator of Kate Riley’s debut novel, is born into a little and little-known Anabaptist sect in Michigan. Riley, drawing on her own experience, feels no rush to lay out the group’s ...

We’re only halfway through 2025, but there have already been plenty of standout books published this year. There’s been particular excellence in genre fiction, with S.A. Cosby’s latest southern noir ...