What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. By Mac Barnett For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in ...

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. “Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s ...

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...

Perry won the National Book Award in 2022 for her nonfiction book “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.” Her latest explores the connections ...

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Consider investing in some of the best motivational books to get you back in gear. Whether you’re on the hunt for a new inspirational read to flip through to resurge your motivation or are ...

A new year means new books to look forward to, and 2025 already promises a bounty — from the first volume of Bill Gates’s memoirs to a new novel by the reigning Nobel laureate, Han Kang ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week tilt heavily toward European culture and history, with a new history of the Vikings, a group ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...

Elias Pettersson could be the odd man out in Vancouver. What does he bring, where could he land and what does Vancouver need?