Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff “The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia ...

Blood Ties' interrogates the meaning of family and takes a close look at the adage that blood runs thicker than water ...

I was likely more caught up in Rushdie’s flowing prose and style and his remarkable ability to sustain a narrative over 500 ...

In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her ...

The 05 File,' co-authored by Michael Bramadat-Willcock, immerses readers in the dangerous and mysterious world of espionage ...

Donald J. Robertson's 'How to Think Like Socrates' is easier than slogging through Plato and multiple volumes of ancient ...

Seasons of Want and Plenty” is set in the 1860s, the decade during which Alaska slipped away from the Russian Empire, and ...