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

A Hitchcockian thriller, an off-the-grid memoir, novels by Weike Wang and Lily Tuck, and more.

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

100 Best Books of the 21st Century: As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — ...

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

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Two of our recommended books this week put rock music front and center: Peter Ames Carlin’s biography of the band R.E.M., and ...

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

critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Cher Turns Back Time: In ...

Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into ...

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

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