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.
A Laurie Colwin classic and a modern chef’s posthumous memoir.
“It’s fun doing something that’s a bit terrifying sometimes,” says the “Sandman” writer, who will reprise his beloved reading of “A Christmas Carol” at Town Hall.
Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.
Keong Sim reads the audiobook version of the author’s second posthumous collection, “Songs on Endless Repeat.”
Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.
A writer and artist finds a path out of pain in the stacks of a library.
Three new collections by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and Louise Kennedy.
The Book Review’s art director on the edgiest, catchiest, most creative book jackets of the year.
Five collections our columnist loved this year.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The prolific Norwegian is the rarest of recent literary prize winners: an author and playwright in thrall to the divine.
For 30 years she collaborated with the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, her husband, often appearing on camera. After they divorced, she lived off the grid and wrote about her life.
He opened the door for future generations of poets of color to use their own voices.
Coming to auction is a clattering collection of machines once owned by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Temple, Andy Rooney and … the Unabomber.
A torrent of canceled events is threatening Germany’s reputation as a haven for artistic freedom.
