NYT Books

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

In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it.

In “The Butterfly Thief,” Walter Marsh tells the story of a notorious crime and its eccentric perpetrator.

Icke dusts off the classics the way a restorer brightens an old master painting. His latest project stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville.

In “The Breath of the Gods,” the prolific polymath takes on a force that’s powered much of human history.

A newly reissued book by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar highlights his most consistent qualities.

Jan Kerouac’s 1981 novel “Baby Driver” chronicles a fearless and windblown life entirely distinct from her famous parent’s.

With “Lovers and Haters,” Gilbert Hernandez expands on the surreal storytelling and bosomy B-movie film stars of his beloved long-running series.

At its best, Joy Williams’s “The Pelican Child” is delightfully unhinged; at its worst, willfully weird and repetitive.

In “The Fire,” the reporter Cecilia Sala travels to Iran, Ukraine and Afghanistan and follows her generation into the fray.