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

Two reports from advocacy groups show that book banning continues at higher rates than before the pandemic. Newly implemented ...

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

The shortlist, revealed during an event in London, also includes Yael van der Wouden’s “ The Safekeep ,” an ...

Assouline has made its name publishing tomes that sell for $1,000 or more. But that’s just the beginning of this family-run ...

Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them ...

Caro’s book on Robert Moses, a city planner who reshaped New York, is also a reflection on “the dangers of unchecked power,” ...

An exciting book with no words, a murder mystery, an author mocking their own pain and a poetic masterpiece highlight this ...

In his biography of a city bureaucrat, Robert Caro created a lasting portrait of American corruption by turning the craft of ...

In best seller after best seller, world-weary investigators tackled military malfeasance and Russian spies, cracking jokes ...

A 1966 novel captures a publishing world full of chronic malcontents, strategic lunches and ideas that mattered.

Why did you want to step back for a year? I always feel a little bit odd at the end ... critics and other book lovers — with ...