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

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

100 Best Books of the 21st Century: As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — ...

A Hitchcockian thriller, an off-the-grid memoir, novels by Weike Wang and Lily Tuck, and more.

The Lit. Bar in the Bronx, open since 2019, may be the most widely known example of the book-bar hybrid — the walls are lined ...

If I come across ‘Dad’ or ‘Mommy,’ I’m out,” says the former U.S. poet laureate. “‘Grandma’ gets a pass.” His new collection ...

In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her ...

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

Serious reading — sitting down in a quiet place, undisturbed, for a few hours with a text like “Walden” — takes students away ...