Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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

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

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection.

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 ...

The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties ...

The novel “A Calamity of Noble Houses” tries to piece together a fateful night that has reverberations for two families ...

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

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

Financial reports show the potential defense secretary’s pay from past speaking and writing, some of which provided fodder ...

A new year means new books to look forward to, and 2025 already promises a bounty — from the first volume of Bill Gates’s memoirs to a new novel by the reigning Nobel laureate, Han Kang, to a ...