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

But that can get complicated. Mihir Zaveri, a New York Times reporter covering housing in the New York City region, explains why one project got built and another did not. The former performer ...

By Anna Kodé The super has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to charges in New York Supreme Court ... a young first-time buyer considered starter apartments inside and outside the ...