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

Batuman’s endless appreciation and ardor for her subjects (literature, yes, along with transcultural irony and ungenerous ...

Each year, the American Library Association complies a list of books that are challenged and banned. There are some books ...

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The 2022 debut novel from Shelby Van Pelt has been wildly popular. The Literacy Coalition announced its choice Thursday in ...

Snuggle up with a cup of coffee and one of these can't-miss books and settle in for a great fall with these intriguing reads.

As fans of another sprawling good-vs.-evil saga that dominates the worldview of its readers are sometimes told: Read another ...

My top 21st century book has all the elements ranging from indescribable tragedy, an unreliable narrator, a dystopian future, ...

The Festival of Books in the Alleghenies showed off local authors’ work to their community. Nearly 60 different writers, ...

Both the right and the left are waging a war against books. The right is focusing on schools. According to a PEN America ...

As literacy rates across all ages show signs of stagnation and decline, we must do all we can to make it easy for young ...

Bestselling author Jack Carr's new nonfiction book, "Targeted: The 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing," combines compelling ...