NYT Books

Crafting The New York Times Book Review’s annual list involves arguments, politicking and, every once in a while, a rare consensus.

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.

A candy-colored story collection, sisters who lust after Hitler and harrowing reportage from a riot in India.

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.

James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship.

Here are the books our columnist loved the most this year.

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books.

An adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella arrives at the same time as a new biography, unlocking one of his best-loved and least-understood books.