NYT Books

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women.

The second in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.

Colorful primers, inspirational biographies and books by former champions will get kids excited for the Paris Games — and teach valuable lessons along the way.

Her fiction delivered searing, candid portraits of Irish society through the prism of female friendship.

Discussion about what books children should access has diminished on the national stage. But most rules pertaining to schools and libraries are made at the state and local level.

New novels by Elif Shafak and Casey McQuiston, a biography of a gay cultural icon, a dystopian tale of A.I. gone awry — and more.

Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.

In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.

An infamous 1993 siege provides the backdrop for Bret Anthony Johnston’s novel about star-crossed lovers.

A late-life fantasia; a surviving twin’s breakthrough.