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

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

In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the ...

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

In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world ...

Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.

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

Amal El-Mohtar is the Book Review’s science fiction and fantasy columnist. She is a Hugo Award-winning writer and the ...

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

Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set ...

By Dave Kim In a new biography ... the High Line led to two best sellers — including “The Wild Robot,” which is now a blockbuster movie. In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David ...

Mirandi Babitz and the Huntington Library In a new biography ... led to two best sellers — including “The Wild Robot,” which is now a blockbuster movie. In his latest book, the Rolling ...