NYT Books

For the first time, a young heroine from the toy juggernaut is at the center of a book for adults, written by a novelist who admires her pluck.

David McCloskey, a C.I.A. analyst turned spy novelist, has just released his fifth book, “London Station.”

Jennifer Szalai, Alexandra Jacobs and Dwight Garner discuss their approach to reading and offer stacks and stacks of book recommendations.

The challenge for Barbara Kingsolver and Yiyun Li: capturing how dedication to the piano can be a source of joy and pain.

Four decades after his death, a revealing trove of the author’s possessions is up for auction.

Fourteen authors in the New Directions stable have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, including this year and last. How does this small press pack such a punch?

The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.

Annie Dillard died this week. But her voice — wild and holy and hilarious — continues to live in my head, my soul and, somehow, my dog.

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

“Know Your Rights” is the latest publication from the public schools’ educational Civics for All Comics Group.