Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into ...

Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.

Peter Brown’s obsession with the abandoned railway that became the High Line led to two best sellers — including “The Wild ...

Nick Harkaway is an accomplished author who also happens to be le Carré’s son. In his latest book, “Karla’s Choice,” he ...

It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She ...

In “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,” Rob Sheffield chronicles how Taylor Swift has made fans, foes and even journalists ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller ... In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture ...

On one level, “Seeing Further” is about the touching folly of trying to reanimate a relic. With the help of a couple of ...

going is just the beginning of a whole new world. By Juanita Giles “It ... which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.

Shanghai straddles the past and the future, a dizzying prism of many histories and cultures. The poet Sally Wen Mao shares ...