Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring ...

The philosopher and biographer analyzes works of life-writing that straddle fact and fiction, and what makes them art.

Most days, the news is like slicing a soccer-ball-sized onion. The headlines will make your eyes water with frustration, anger or fear—mass murders, disappearing jobs, tariffs on a yo-yo string, ...

The Obodo Collective hosted its second annual "Mothers Garden" Book Festival today in the Historic Westside, focusing on ...