Every week, the critics and editors at the New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, ...

Mark Haddon is a visual writer. His debut novel for adults, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” used ...

Her silence resonated backward more than 450 years.

For the youngest reader, “As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons” by Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle, illustrated by David Wilkerson (Magination Press, $18.99) is a book for small Black boys and for their ...

David Guterson will talk about his latest novel, “Evelyn in Transit,” with Jess Walter on the Northwest Passages stage. When: 7 p.m. Feb. 5 Where: Gonzaga’s Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, Coug ...

James Islington’s The Strength of the Few, the long-awaited sequel to The Will of the Many and the second entry in the Hierarchy series, is, in every sense, monumental. Islington, best known for The ...

The Great Gatsby, 100 years old this year, prompts this observation: it’s a great American novel because it deepens in meaning with the passing years. It’s a mistake, I believe, to introduce such a ...