From a history of college sports and a handbook on campus free speech to an analysis of standardized tests, 2024 saw an ...

The first Congress began in 1789, and truth be told, it wasn’t really the first. The Confederation Congress met from 1781 ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...

Travel to the American South, Vietnam and beyond with this year’s best cookbooks, memoirs and historic deep dives ...

“Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis” by Jonathan Blitzer (Penguin, ...

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

Author Barbara Taylor Bradford, best known for her debut novel "A Woman of Substance," has died at age 91. Her books often ...

Donald Trump ’s rise to power as an elected authoritarian was not preordained or an act of destiny. Since at least 2016, ...

A number of these books are pricey, but found online at deep discounts. A number are also, for the right person, a gift that never leaves their possession, never finds itself in a thrift store, ...

Philip Reeve roams across realms of his own making with effortless brio. If I say that Thunder City (Scholastic, £8.99) is ...