Through a series of vignettes, Kauffman’s fifth novel centers on a woman determined to spend Christmas with her extended ...

"Blood and the Badge" by Michael Cannell is the tale of two NYPD officers who were paid to provide information and even kill ...

His new novel is titled after Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” he says, “given the theme of incomprehension between generations ...

In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and ...

I have never engaged in nonconsensual sexual activity with anyone,” said the best-selling author in response to allegations ...

In Nnedi Okorafor’s new novel, “Death of the Author,” a once-struggling writer grapples with power, privilege, agency and art ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...

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In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical ...

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

Rosie Lachlan, the possibly unhinged main character of Collins’s CROSS MY HEART (Atria, 309 pp., $28.99), has two vexing ...