Murakami’s new novel, translated by Philip Gabriel, works variations on a theme he has visited before: A high school loner ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. If a book is not in a rank since the previous week, it will not have an arrow.

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 “The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia ...

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff Novels by Haruki Murakami and Rebecca Yarros, memoirs by Angela Merkel and Cher ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...