Okorafor’s spellbinding new novel follows Zelu, a once-struggling writer grappling with power, privilege, agency and art ...

“and all those songs, every single one, is amazing.” Every Friday, be the first to see reviews, news and features in The New York Times Book Review.

Hilary Mantel’s “The Mirror and the Light,” a new “Bridget Jones” and Michael Bond’s Paddington Bear series are some of this ...

This short scene conceals the names of 13 books published in the middle decades of the 20th century. See if you can find them ...

Chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine adventure novels exquisitely capture the atmosphere of the season.

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century ...

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.

In “Dark Laboratory,” Tao Leigh Goffe traces the origins of global environmental collapse to the explorer’s conquest of the ...

Gallant is the genius absurdist of the 20th century. Conditions were overripe for absurdism. Born in Montreal, Gallant was ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the ...

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 ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is ...