In honor of the 25th anniversary of New York Review Books Classics, we've selected 25 gems that the publisher has unearthed ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Ursula Le Guin has written 22 books, including several classic novels as well as fantasy novels aimed at young adults. The books on this ...

Simon Critchley’s new book approaches its subject from many angles, traveling from the Middle Ages to punk rock.

By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

By J. D. Biersdorfer Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book. Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy.

The Italian writer’s stories are shot through with a playful sense of dreamlike absurdity.

In Plato’s Republic, Socrates spends a long evening attempting to persuade his young interlocutors “that justice is better ...

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff Novels by Haruki Murakami and Rebecca Yarros, memoirs by Angela Merkel and Cher ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, CEO of the Sharjah Book Authority, offers his own welcome to this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, as “we stand at the threshold of a new era in the ...

Katharine Spurrier dives into the stunning selection of photographs by Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe in this new book which takes us behind the scenes of iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. Alexander ...