Murakami’s new novel, translated by Philip Gabriel, works variations on a theme he has visited before: A high school loner ...

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Small Things Like These,” a meditative Christmastime novella ...

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff Novels by Haruki Murakami and Rebecca Yarros, memoirs by Angela Merkel and Cher ...

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.