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 ...

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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 ...

By The New York Times Books Staff The Secret to a Good Life? Thinking Like Socrates. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint ...

By The New York Times Books Staff Try this short quiz on literature from the first half of the 20th century that drew censorship challenges — and still does. By J. D. Biersdorfer Our columnist ...

By The New York Times Books Staff Try this short quiz on literature from the first half of the 20th century that drew censorship challenges — and still does. By J. D. Biersdorfer ...