Book Review

In books and articles he wrote about the militarization of space and believed that investing in exploration would ultimately “protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”

Her writing, from the late 1920s to the late ’40s, about sex, marriage, divorce, child rearing and work-life balance still resonates.

Henry Hoke’s 2023 novel, “Open Throat,” narrated by an animal in peril in the Hollywood Hills, is adapted for a staged reading.

In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing.

Prague has survived wars and political strife — and through it all, its literary scene has thrived. Jaroslav Kalfar, the author of “Spaceman of Bohemia,” recommends books that connect readers to the city.

Stacey D’Erasmo’s exploration of sustained creativity, “The Long Run,” is poignant, exhilarating and full of wise advice from lives well lived.

In “The Anthropologists,” Aysegul Savas celebrates the “unremarkable grace” of a couple’s ordinary days. It’s enchanting.

With “Husbands & Lovers,” Beatriz Williams delivers a multigenerational yarn and a memorable ending.

This week’s Title Search puzzle challenges you to find a dozen works of fiction that were published during the last years of the 20th century.

We asked some literary luminaries to share their full ballots.

An organizer and author, she believed that a union was only as strong as its members and trained thousands “to take over their unions and change them.”

Andrea Skinner said in The Toronto Star that her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, and that her mother stayed with him after she learned of it.

Bookstores once shunted romance novels to a shelf in the back. But with romance writers dominating the best-seller lists, a network of dedicated bookstores has sprung up around the country.

His moving and often painful free-verse observations on friends’ deaths, the Holocaust and other topics won him many devoted fans.

A philandering father; a literary affair.

The 1991 novel turns a private disturbance into bracing social commentary.

Laura van den Berg’s new book, “State of Paradise,” sends readers down surreal portals to ask: How do we distinguish reality from its opposite — whatever that might be?

Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Jhumpa Lahiri, Kerry Howley, Djuna and more.

Starting on July 8, we’ll unveil a list of 100. Make sure you’re among the first to find out.

It can be thrillingly dangerous and profoundly comforting at the same time.

In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower.

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

Want to indulge in juicy, page-turning escapism? We’ve got some recommendations.

But “I’m averse to entertaining the thought that what I’m working on is a first draft,” she says, “which implies the necessity of a second, even a third.” Her new book is “Concerning the Future of Souls: 99 Stories of Azrael.”

A New York Times Book Review editor recommends four books for the summer.

After 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls out of his chair.

A digital book, “Drawing for Nothing,” highlights some of the best art from canceled animation projects like “Me and My Shadow.”

The second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace celebrated what Queen Camilla has called the “great adventure” of the written word.

Recent books by Ghostface Killah, Kathleen Hanna, Michael McDonald and Darius Rucker hit notes both high and low.

In an online exhibition, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will explore the account of Yitskhok Rudashevski. He was 13 when the Germans took over Vilnius, Lithuania.