Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. As you browse, you can keep track of how many you’ve read or want to read.

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 ...

The acclaimed Japanese magic realist (“Norwegian Wood,” “Kafka on the Shore”) is back with his first book in six years. It opens on a pair of teens in love. The girl disappears and the man ...

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Ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, Scribner preempts Portia Elan’s debut novel, S&S takes English-language rights to Naomi Ishiguro's Japanese folklore–inspired fantasy series ...

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 ...

In recent years, print books have seen a resurgence, and for good reason—they can be better for your brain, health and the planet. With e-waste’s 15% recycling rate, you can feel good about choosing a ...

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 ...

Your TBR list is getting longer... The simple joy of reading a book can inspire so much. While we’re turning their pages, we use our imaginations to live inside entire worlds with its characters.

Ron Charles review: In Ingvild Rishoi’s novella, two Norwegian girls with an alcoholic father begin working at a Christmas tree stand to scrape by.