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 A.O. Scott A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century epic’s influence and relevance through the ages. By Ed Simon Try this short quiz to see how many ...

A slim book and the first of a proposed seven-book series, I was left wanting more. For audiobooks, my favorite would have to be “Death at the Sign of the Rook” by Kate Atkinson, a great romp ...

In fiction, the seven books here travel between Mississippi 1861, contemporary Britain, 1970s America and post-Second World War Netherlands. The novels offer explorations of interiority ...

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 ...

Tregebov is a Vancouver-based poet, novelist and children's writer. She's written seven books of poetry and two novels, including Rue des Rosiers, and has won the J. I. Segal Award, the Nancy ...

The women’s movement sought to elevate women to legal equality with men and then to greater power, turned “female problems” ...