Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

100 Best Books of the 21st Century: As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — ...

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

This very short story hides the titles of 13 popular books published in the first decade of the 21st century. Dive in and see ...

In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her ...

Stories of giving and of appreciating everyday wonders will warm hearts and teach valuable lessons this holiday season.

Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her resilient heroines, and her dozens of novels helped her amass a ...

Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into ...

What makes THE SPOON (Crocodile Books, 40 pp., $14.95, ages 5 to 7), a newly translated picture book by the Argentine writer ...

In an eye-opening collection, Emily Mester considers why she, and we, seek satisfaction by obsessively choosing, buying and ...

Reporting on the 40th anniversary of the popular pizza literacy program sent one writer on a mozzarella-scented memory trail.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Two of our recommended books this week put rock music front and center: Peter Ames Carlin’s biography of the band R.E.M., and ...