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Hannah Pittard goes back to the tale of her busted marriage in a comic novel about a claustrophobic literary milieu — and a talking cat.

“Pan,” by Michael Clune, details a year in the life of a suburban adolescent who can’t shake his panic attacks.

The two teenagers in this hard-boiled novel go to work for a narcotics gang and end up in a far more sinister trade.

A novel of adolescent friendship; a brooding celebrity memoir.

The author of the Divergent series recommends books that explore human nature and disintegrating reality.

In Dan Fesperman’s new novel, the C.I.A. tries celebrity diplomacy to infiltrate a dictatorship.

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death.

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

2025 is more than halfway gone. On this week’s podcast, Gilbert Cruz and Joumana Khatib discuss some of the books that have stayed with them most this year.