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

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” Meryl Gordon offers a thorough biography ...

In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical ...

You could assemble an entire library of contemporary work fixated on literary imitation, appropriation and theft.

By The New York Times Books Staff She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing ...

A new book traces shifts in the nation’s treatment ... He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for abstract works of his ...

By The New York Times Books Staff Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. How Much Do You Know About These Controversial Classics? Try this short quiz on literature from ...

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