Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

I am a poor man. I have never had this kind of money; I have never seen this kind of money … Do they not know what a banana ...

Science fiction is a tremendously fun and flexible genre of cinema. With the towering influence of classic science fiction ...

Sauron isn't the only villain in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson's famous movies show just a few of ...

‘Historians of alchemy’, wrote Herbert Butterfield in 1949, ‘seem to become tinctured with the kind of lunacy they set out to describe.’ Seventy years on, readers may believe that this gloriously rude ...

So that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire... 1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory.

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. Writing these devotionals has helped me open up spiritually and believe more in God and less in myself.

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the ...

A Russian plane carrying 95 people caught fire after landing at Antalya airport in Turkey on Sunday, but all passengers and crew were safely evacuated. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 type aircraft ...

MANILA, Philippines (KABC) -- A massive fire has been brought under control after burning for hours in the capital of the Philippines. The blaze broke out Sunday morning in a shanty town district ...