The National Book Awards are almost here. Established in 1950 by the National Book Foundation, the National Book Awards are considered one of the most prestigious awards in publishing. The ...

“Death everywhere.” With the first sentence of Victorian Psycho, Virginia Feito teases the gruesomeness to come. The ultraviolent follow-up to her 2021 debut, Mrs. March, centers on Winifred Notty, a ...

Sara Hussein is returning from a conference when officials from the Risk Assessment Administration detain her at LAX. In Laila Lalami’s mind-bending novel, data sourced from people’s dreams can be ...

Four Nigerian authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nnedi Okorafor, Bolu Babalola, and Olufunke Grace Bankole, make TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025. It’s another thing entirely to pick up a book written by ...

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Credit...Jack Smyth Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff Each January, the ...