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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.

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

We made a list! Now we explain why we love the books we chose.

In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.