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

Dark magic and trauma are at the heart of Nino Cipri’s young adult debut, DEAD GIRLS DON’T DREAM (Holt Books for Young ...

By The New York Times Books Staff “The New India,” by Rahul ... By Jennifer Szalai In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind ...

First Book’s work is an antidote to book bans. It makes diverse books more accessible to students, teachers and libraries.

This very short story hides the titles of 13 popular books published in the first decade of the 21st century. Dive in and see ...

I’ve long appreciated the way Burnet’s novels are in conversation with earlier times. “His Bloody Project” and “Case Study, ...

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.

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

What was the best TV show, or episode, you watched in 2024? The best movie? Your favorite book of the year? There are five ...

By The New York Times Books Staff Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published ...

But she was best known for a tawdry book — which ... chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff Suggested reading from critics and editors at ...