There are seasons when nothing resonates, and every story feels mismatched. This list exists for that exact moment. For ...

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? By The New York Times Books Staff When many of us at The New York Times Book Review were children, there ...

According to some teachers and college professors, children aren’t reading as many whole books anymore. But just how widespread is this purported trend, and what does it mean for students’ literacy ...

I am so glad the shockingly bright, fuzzy-blacklight-poster-style cover of this book grabbed my attention while I was doing work at a local cafe/bookstore the other day, because I otherwise might not ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...