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 An incisive new book, “How Sondheim Can ...

While the popular understanding of most major, monotheistic religions tends to emphasize God, certain prophets and the written teachings of the spiritual tradition, there is a whole world of ...

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Text from The Book of Common Prayer, ...

The connection to Jeremiah is supported by historical and thematic links found in his prophecies and the emotional depth of the book. The prophet Ezekiel, during the Babylonian Exile (593-571 BCE), is ...

It's a simple question without an easy answer: What makes a best book of the year? Is it a novel begging to become a contemporary classic or a retelling of the classics themselves? Is it a book ...

Similar allusions are contained in the Old Testament books of Ezekiel and Zechariah, written about six centuries prior. Though the text only provides a name for the fourth horseman, subsequent ...

Our critics have picked their favourite books of the year and reviewed them all for you in our Christmas Fiction round up. Clarkson's rallying cry to all farmers that dispels any notion of farmer ...

Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death.

Latecomers are seated at the discretion of management. The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary ...

Every year, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based ...

Growing up in an evangelical Christian household, I was not allowed to listen to secular music—or to any music that did not ...

From new novels, nonfiction books and celeb memoirs, find your next fall read here Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms.