Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past. From the glittering ...

I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. If a book is not in a rank since the previous week, it will not have an arrow.

It’s widely agreed that the first piece of literature ever ... made the books sell that well. Unsurprisingly, J. K. Rowling’s magical Harry Potter series is the number one best-seller, with ...

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“In an age when society is going through rattling changes, whether to stay holed up inside the wall or to go to the other side of the wall has become a greater proposition than ever,” Murakami ...