The Best Thrillers of the Year So Far
These twisty suspense novels will keep you on the edge of your seat.
These twisty suspense novels will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Lock the windows and bolt the doors before picking up Paul Tremblay’s “Horror Movie.”
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Reading Anna Akbari’s memoir of online manipulation, you think you’ve seen it all — then you keep reading.
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In her third essay collection, the poet and critic Elisa Gabbert celebrates literature and life through a voracious engagement with the world.
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Read Your Way Through New Orleans
New Orleans is a thriving hub for festivals, music and Creole cuisine. Here, the novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin shares books that capture its many cultural influences.
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A biography of Joni Mitchell, two hotly anticipated horror novels, a behind-the-scenes exposé about Donald Trump’s years on “The Apprentice” and more.
The Book Review’s Best Books Since 2000
Looking for your next great read? We’ve got 3,228. Explore the best fiction and nonfiction from 2000 - 2023 chosen by our editors.
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How America Turned Stories Into Weapons of War
In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce.
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They Revolutionized Shopping, With Tea Sandwiches on the Side
In “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue,” Julie Satow celebrates the savvy leaders who made Bonwit, Bendel’s and Lord & Taylor into retail meccas of their moment.
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The Brilliant Comic Who Shined Brightest Out of the Spotlight
A new biography of the performer, writer and director Elaine May has the intensity to match its subject.
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She Was More Than the Woman Who Made Julia Child Famous
In “The Editor,” Sara B. Franklin argues that Judith Jones was a “publishing legend,” transcending industry sexism to champion cookbooks — and Anne Frank.
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She Survived a Train Accident. Her Train Wreck of a Dad Is Next.
In Garth Risk Hallberg’s new novel, a teenage rebel and her father reconnect amid a sea of their own troubles.
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Considered one of the leading Christian theologians of the 20th century, he insisted that any established set of beliefs had to confront the implications of Auschwitz.
By Clay Risen
As she prepares for the Paris Games, the seven-time Olympic gold medalist talks about the doping accusations against her competitors and how she stays focused while swimming 1,900 miles a year.
By Andrew Trunsky
Complicated sisters; messy neighbors.
Economic growth has been ecologically costly — and so a movement in favor of ‘degrowth’ is growing.
By Jennifer Szalai
The author discusses her new novel, “Swan Song,” which she says is the last beach read she intends to write.
A cultural historian, he was fired by Stanford University in 1972 over an anti-Vietnam War speech that became a cause célèbre of academic freedom.
By Trip Gabriel
Including titles by John Vaillant, Ayana Mathis, Katie Williams and more.
By Shreya Chattopadhyay
Young people, especially, are choosing to read in English even if it is not their first language because they want the covers, and the titles, to match what they see on TikTok and other social media.
By Claire Moses and Elizabeth A. Harris
In “Ultraviolet,” by Aida Salazar, and “Mid-Air,” by Alicia D. Williams, the thunderstorm of adolescence splits open a once peaceful sky.
By Juan Vidal
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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