We know novels have the power to take us to different places and time periods. And with biographical historical fiction books ...

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

The Shutouts is set in the same world as Gabrielle Korn’s first novel, 2023’s Yours For The Taking, and though the two books ...

The 72-year-old New Orleanian is about to publish his 12th book, a work of historical fiction based on the life of Robert ...

Scotland’s so-called “Queen of Crime,” Val McDermid, has created an engrossing, page-turning counternarrative about one of Shakespeare’s great villains, Lady Macbeth. McDermid sets the record straight ...

The Chair of Judges for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has announced the arrival of two new judges to its 2025 ...