Perhaps it was urgency for a kind of cosmopolitanism only attainable from books in the pre-digital age; perhaps a kind of ...

This is an erudite analysis of ten well-known South African writers, spanning the apartheid and post-apartheid era: Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo, Farida Karodia, Agnes Sam, Sindiwe Magona, Zoë Wicomb ...

Who should read it: Endless Night is a good book for readers fascinated by plots that grow increasingly unsettling and sinister over time. It is available from HarperCollins Publishers.

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan How do you explain ...

Is there anything cozier than reading under the tree with the best books out there? You can read anything you want, of course, but there are all sorts of holiday-themed Christmas books that will ...

It’s no secret that TikTok has the power to skyrocket book sales, and that’s thanks to a subcommunity called BookTok, which brings bibliophiles together virtually. Enthusiastic readers are ...

Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain..." A book called Autumn has to make the cut, right? The first novel in Ali Smith's seasonal quartet follows friends Daniel and ...

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

The deaths of Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson were some of the most shocking deaths by brain injury in history, but this new book by brain surgeon Theodore H. Schwartz delves into ...

By J. D. Biersdorfer Our critic on new books by Stephanie Wrobel, Lawrence Robbins and Hildur Knútsdóttir. By Sarah Lyall A graphic tribute to the British novelist who documented the blight ...

Gripping novels, transporting poetry, and timely nonfiction that asked us to look deeper Andrew R. Chow, Lucy Feldman, Mahita Gajanan, Annabel Gutterman, Angela Haupt, Cady Lang, and Laura Zornosa ...