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“Some of us feel exhausted, some of us feel energized.” The Book Review looks back on the year’s biggest stories and trends in the publishing industry.

It’s the day the “Animal Goncourt” is awarded. “Who better,” a judge says, “to talk about the fabulous relationship between animals and men than writers and philosophers?”

Rare recordings of E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver and more offer a tour through literary history led by authors in their own words — and voices. Take a listen.

The author of the City Spies series chooses 7 crime novels that invite young readers to discover the culprit before the characters do.

“Plain and Simple,” her best-selling 1989 book, was a go-to text of the anti-materialist movement known as voluntary simplicity.

To capture Jane Austen’s brief life and enormous impact, editors at The New York Times Book Review assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives.

Thrillers, literary fiction, history, memoirs and more: Here are the most popular books you saved to your reading lists.

The novelist and musician is a voracious reader of books in translation. In “This Year,” he annotates the literary lyrics to 365 of his own songs.

Tracy K. Smith, a former U.S. poet laureate, makes the case in a new book of criticism.

Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since.