A new biography traces the life of Denis Johnson, the brilliant nonconformist who wrote “Tree of Smoke,” “Train Dreams” and ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of books and meeting regularly to bicker — er, ...

The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French philosopher and novelist, have been collected in a single volume for the first time.

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 ...

Last week we published our annual list of 100 Notable Books; today, we winnow that list to the 10 Best Books of 2025. And now ...