Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Small Things Like These,” a meditative Christmastime novella ...

In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her ...

Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century. A new biography explains what ...

Pamuk, the Turkish writer whose novels include “My Name Is Red” (1998) and “Snow” (2004), began keeping illustrated notebooks ...

critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Cher Turns Back Time: In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), the ...

In “The White Ladder,” the British writer Daniel Light explores the heroes, villains and dramas of early mountaineering.

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff On Dec. 3, we’ll announce our picks.

This very short story hides the titles of 13 popular books published in the first decade of the 21st century. Dive in and see ...

In an eye-opening collection, Emily Mester considers why she, and we, seek satisfaction by obsessively choosing, buying and ...

By Alexandra Alter and Elisabeth Egan Our critic on November’s best new books. By Sarah Weinman How a Gen X Graphic Novelist Reinvented the Romance Comic To fully understand Charles Burns’s ...