From timeless classics to new favorites, we've got a bumper crop of creepy suspense, scary thrillers and ghoulish ghost stories Sharon Virts is the author of two bestselling historical fiction murder ...

The internet is filled with awesome stuff to read, and there’s new awesome stuff to read being published every day! That’s the good news. The bad news is that finding the good stuff feels harder than ...

There was a time when “summer books” meant popcorn reads you consumed in a sunbaked afternoon — disposable books devoured and left behind for the next hotel room guest. Not that there’s anything wrong ...

The season’s literary offerings are as varied and complex as a cast of Thomas Pynchon characters ... and include Thomas Pynchon’s return. Susan Orlean and Arundhati Roy turn the pen on themselves, ...

For the history major who doesn’t have time to dive into science or fiction, I recommend this fantastic sci-fi novel from Octavia Butler. A young Black woman writer named Dana is transported back in ...

We have a list from an editor of the Book Review. By Elisabeth Egan I’m a writer and editor at the Book Review. Readers, get ready: Summer books are here. These are the novels destined to grow plump ...

At the start of the season, we made a literary bucket list. Here’s how we checked it off. By The New York Times Books Staff A few months ago, we invited you to join us in a low-stakes summer reading ...

It’s a summer day and it's too hot to play outside. Your child is glued to a screen, content to spend their day with air-conditioning and digital media. Sound familiar? It’s the time of year when many ...

When was the last time you got lost in a book? These days, the act of 'deep reading,' or reading with intention, can be difficult to practice. Maryanne Wolf, an expert in the science of reading, ...