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Timely Children’s Parables About Greed

In the novel “Peachaloo in Bloom,” the selfishness belongs to one man. In the pi...

What to Read This Summer: NYT Reading Bucket List

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before...

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

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

Susan Choi on Her Favorite Books and Her New Novel, ‘Fl...

The list includes “Heartwood,” “Other Worlds,” “The Wall” and “The Fact Checker....

The Best Books of 2025 (So Far)

The nonfiction and novels we can’t stop thinking about.

New Queer Nonfiction to Read This Pride Month

Plus: a cliff-top hotel in Brittany, dynamic sculptures at New York’s Japan Soci...

Book Review: ‘Submersed,’ by Matthew Gavin Frank

In “Submersed,” Matthew Gavin Frank takes on the undersea universe of amateur su...

Wally Lamb on His Favorite Books and New Novel, “The Ri...

His go-to classic is by Joseph Campbell, and he admires “Brothers and Keepers” a...

The Best Romance Books of 2025 (So Far)

Looking for a swoony, feel-good read? Our romance columnist will be updating thi...

The Joy of Reading One Poem in Many Different Translations

Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading m...

Book Review: ‘King of Ashes,’ by S.A. Cosby

In S.A. Cosby’s new book, “King of Ashes,” an investment banker returns home to ...

Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audioboo...

Beginning with a reading by Dylan Thomas, she and a friend found unlikely commer...

Book Review: ‘The Very Heart of It,' by Thomas Mallon

Thomas Mallon looks back on the AIDS crisis, the heyday of magazines and an exhi...