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

Let’s hope it’s not a dark and stormy day from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at Once Upon a Crime mystery ... Further fun comes from little puzzles scattered throughout the book that readers have to ...

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Daniel Craig is sitting in the restaurant of the Carlyle Hotel talking about how easy it can be to close yourself off to new ...

Check out the Glow Festival at Slammers Stadium, view the Great Tree at Brookfield Zoo and meet a reindeer in New Lenox.

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It took the patient sleuthing of a rare books and manuscripts curator from the Newberry Library to unravel the mystery of the ...

From silly whodunits to turkey trickery, these books all occur on or around Thanksgiving. Here, the best Thanksgiving cozy mysteries to add to your reading list. A deliciously fun fall whodunit ...

The 72-year-old New Orleanian is about to publish his 12th book, a work of historical fiction ... all the other theaters would let you in free. And one day, I went to a trade screening at 10 ...

By Sarah Weinman Our columnists on new books by John Banville ... “Cahokia Jazz,” a detective must solve the mystery of a staged killing before its repercussions destroy his city’s social ...

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