From historical fiction to sci-fi, romance to literary masterpieces, non-fiction and memoir —2026 has been a great year for publishing.

In 2013, I made a seemingly simple decision: I started a list of books I wanted to read. I had just finished my final semester of graduate school, had my first full-time job, and was getting married — ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Sebastian Mast Supported by The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of ...

Author James Clear presents his book, "Atomic Habits" during Workplace Summit, Pennsylvania Conference For Women 2019. "Habits" is one of the best self-help books. Self-help books provide the guidance ...

Barack Obama is sharing his annual list of his favorite books of the year. On Dec. 20, the former president dropped his 2024 annual reading list on his Instagram account. The list contains 10 titles, ...

It's a simple question without an easy answer: What makes a best book of the year? Is it a novel begging to become a contemporary classic or a retelling of the classics themselves? Is it a book that ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The reading app shared its annual list of 100 favorites books, curated by librarians Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at ...

At the start of the season, we made a literary bucket list. Here’s how we checked it off. By The New York Times Books Staff A few months ago, we invited you to join us in a low-stakes summer reading ...

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