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 ...

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

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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 ...

Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her resilient heroines, and her dozens of novels helped her amass a ...

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

The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and relationships with ...