The Best Book Covers of 2023

The Book Review’s art director on the edgiest, catchiest, most creative book jackets of the year.


The Best Poetry of 2023

Five collections our columnist loved this year.


Review: New Short Stories by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and More

Three new collections by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and Louise Kennedy.


Audiobook Review: ‘Songs on Endless Repeat,’ by Anthony Veasna So

Keong Sim reads the audiobook version of the author’s second posthumous collection, “Songs on Endless Repeat.”


Best Crime Books of 2023

Our columnist picks the year’s best.


The 10 Best Books of 2023

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s standout fiction and nonfiction.


8 New Books to Read in December

A landmark biography of Ella Fitzgerald, memoirs from David Mamet and Liz Cheney, a new historical novel from Ariel Lawhon and more.


2 Books for Cooks

A Laurie Colwin classic and a modern chef’s posthumous memoir.


Neil Gaiman’s Son Thinks His Dad Is in Charge of ‘Doctor Who’

“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.


24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023

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.


Our Critics’ Year in Reading

Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.


The Best Children’s Books of 2023

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.


A Graphic Tribute to Paula Fox, Therapy and the Power of Doing

A writer and artist finds a path out of pain in the stacks of a library.


9 New Books We Recommend This Week

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


Jon Fosse Wants to Say the Unsayable

The prolific Norwegian is the rarest of recent literary prize winners: an author and playwright in thrall to the divine.


Jane Wodening, Experimental Film Star and Intrepid Writer, Dies at 87

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.


Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet of Social Justice Issues, Dies at 65

He opened the door for future generations of poets of color to use their own voices.


Hemingway, Jack London and Unabomber Typewriters Go to Auction

Coming to auction is a clattering collection of machines once owned by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Temple, Andy Rooney and … the Unabomber.


German Cultural Scene Navigates a Clampdown on Criticism of Israel

A torrent of canceled events is threatening Germany’s reputation as a haven for artistic freedom.


Simon & Schuster Board Announced: Members Come from Disney, TikTok and Publishing

The publisher’s new board of directors has expertise spanning the life cycle of a book.


A Book Club Took 28 Years to Read ‘Finnegans Wake.’ Now, It’s Starting Over.

The group in California started on the notoriously challenging novel by James Joyce in 1995. In October, it reached the end.


In Geddy Lee’s Memoir, Family Is the Constant Refrain

At 512 pages, “My Effin’ Life” has its share of Rush lore. But the most memorable parts of the singer and bassist’s book are about survival.


Book Review: ‘Into Siberia,’ by Gregory Wallance

“Into Siberia” traces the journalist George Kennan’s long-forgotten trip to Russia in 1885.


These Poems

The act of being inspired by others is akin to collecting pebbles of experience, letting them escape into flowing consciousness and resurfacing them again in one’s writing.


Interview: Sigrid Nunez

“A great story casts a spell,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Vulnerables.” “It can enthrall you so completely that you not only forget that you’re stuck between two manspreaders in a noisy, crowded, smelly subway car but miss your stop.”

 

Martin Amis: An Appreciation

Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain’s most famous literary son.


Book Review: ‘NB by J.C.,’ by James Campbell

“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.


In ‘Fires in the Dark,’ Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers

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.”


The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100

Dorothy L. Sayers dealt with emotional and financial instability by writing “Whose Body?,” the first of many to star the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.


Book Review: ‘Dom Casmurro,’ by Machado de Assis

“Dom Casmurro,” by Machado de Assis, teaches us to read — and reread — with precise detail and masterly obfuscation.


Book Review: ‘The Late Americans,’ by Brandon Taylor

Brandon Taylor’s novel circulates among Iowa City residents, some privileged, some not, but all aware that their possibilities are contracting.


Martin Amis’s Best Books: A Guide

The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.


What Romance Book Should You Read Next?

Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2023’s sexiest, swooniest reads.


What Book Should You Read Next?

Finding a book you’ll love can be daunting. Let us help.


2 Books for Cooks

A Laurie Colwin classic and a modern chef’s posthumous memoir.


Neil Gaiman’s Son Thinks His Dad Is in Charge of ‘Doctor Who’

“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.


24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023

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.


Our Critics’ Year in Reading

Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.


Audiobook Review: ‘Songs on Endless Repeat,’ by Anthony Veasna So

Keong Sim reads the audiobook version of the author’s second posthumous collection, “Songs on Endless Repeat.”


The Best Children’s Books of 2023

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.


A Graphic Tribute to Paula Fox, Therapy and the Power of Doing

A writer and artist finds a path out of pain in the stacks of a library.


Review: New Short Stories by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and More

Three new collections by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and Louise Kennedy.


The Best Book Covers of 2023

The Book Review’s art director on the edgiest, catchiest, most creative book jackets of the year.


The Best Poetry of 2023

Five collections our columnist loved this year.


9 New Books We Recommend This Week

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


Jon Fosse Wants to Say the Unsayable

The prolific Norwegian is the rarest of recent literary prize winners: an author and playwright in thrall to the divine.


Jane Wodening, Experimental Film Star and Intrepid Writer, Dies at 87

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.


Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet of Social Justice Issues, Dies at 65

He opened the door for future generations of poets of color to use their own voices.


Hemingway, Jack London and Unabomber Typewriters Go to Auction

Coming to auction is a clattering collection of machines once owned by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Temple, Andy Rooney and … the Unabomber.


German Cultural Scene Navigates a Clampdown on Criticism of Israel

A torrent of canceled events is threatening Germany’s reputation as a haven for artistic freedom.