The judge on “The Great British Baking Show,” whose new book is “Bliss on Toast,” recommends “The Joy of Cooking” along with M.F.K. Fisher and Elizabeth David: “Both the latter are a real pleasure to read.”
Sam Lipsyte’s new novel, “No One Left to Come Looking for You,” centers on the 1990s music scene in downtown New York.
Coral Bracho depicts the terror of Alzheimers — losing yourself within a formerly capable and operating mind and body.
The victory of Kim de l’Horizon, a nonbinary writer, in a top literary prize stirred a debate about how the German language can accommodate people who don’t identify as male or female.
“A Private Life,” a collection of correspondence spanning much of his life, offers a fresh look at his brilliance — and his contradictions
In “Fit Nation,” Natalia Mehlman Petrzela charts the evolution of our national attitudes toward fitness.
“Empire of Ice and Stone” tells the terrifying story of a 1913 expedition gone wrong.
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s standout fiction and nonfiction.
“Stella Maris” is the second of McCarthy’s two new books about grief, math and the nature of knowledge.
In her new cookbook, the acclaimed owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen traces the Great Migration’s influence on West Coast cuisine.
In “Winterland,” Rae Meadows’s fifth novel, an 8-year-old from Siberia gets the nod to train with elite athletes in the U.S.S.R.
During the pandemic, the New York Times architecture critic, Michael Kimmelman, toured parts of New York on foot with architects, urban planners and other experts. His book “The Intimate City” is a record of what they saw.
In his memoir, “A Heart That Works,” Rob Delaney recalls the unthinkable — his son’s death — with honesty and levity.
“The Easy Life,” the author’s second novel, is translated into English for the first time.
A new interactive article in The Times immerses readers in significant locations and moments from the life of the pioneering science fiction writer.
Roth was an outraged witness to tyranny, which led him to exile, and his books to the bonfire. In “Endless Flight,” Keiron Pim examines the flawed man and his resonant legacy.
From a sports anchor to a housing policy expert to a major movie star, these new autobiographies double as manifestoes.
Over a month spent at FESTAC ’77, the photographer captured the intimacy of Pan-African celebration.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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