NYT Books

As Anthony Tommasini demonstrates in his new biography, the inspiring singer preferred to incite change through excellence, not banner-waving.

In “Weimar Germany,” Victor Sebestyen focuses on the populist culture wars that brought an end to popular rule in the fledgling republic.

Tom McCarthy’s new novel brings double agents, drugs and document drops into his signature critiques of contemporary systems.

Frank Huyler’s new novel is a devastating commentary on the place of an ordinary man in the world of the ultrarich.

On “The Book Review” podcast, Min Jin Lee, the author of “Pachinko” and “American Hagwon,” explains how losing social safety nets after 1997 reshaped Korean culture into an intense educational race.

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

In the Minneapolis of Kawai Strong Washburn’s climate dystopia, three characters form unlikely bonds to take on the nation’s greediest oil behemoths.

In Lydia Millet’s dialogue-driven novel, a random act of violence leaves two New York women at loose ends (though not for long).

Following the lives of ordinary citizens, a new book by Janet Reitman fashions an intimate, morally complex portrait of an insecure America.

In “Partita,” a former piano prodigy is sent reeling into the past after she receives a call from the man who derailed her ambitions.