By Daisy Fried The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost ...

By Sarah Weinman Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs discuss highlights from their year in books. Ruth Ware, the author of “The Woman in Cabin 10,” recommends locked-room ...

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It was a year of trailblazing memoirs, groundbreaking history books, and dazzling novels. While it is always hard to whittle down a whole year’s releases to just 20 books, every title on this ...

Alan Hollinghurst’s writing style is both stripped back and poetic, and its sensitivity makes this book a true standout. Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love. But when they both depart ...

In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, from bestselling author TJ Klune. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots – fatherly ...

These books examine complex issues of gender ... Where to Buy: HarperCollins Publisher. 7. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985) Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is one of ...