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In short stories and her racy new novel, Deesha Philyaw takes on women, piety and the clergymen who make, and break, the rules.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Psychologists and other experts share the works they recommend to people who are struggling with guilt, shame or questions of what comes next.

In “When America Roared,” Jonathan Kaufman draws together a bushel of figures who thrived in one fateful decade.

But the comedian isn’t naïve when he makes selections for his popular book club: “Most importantly, they’re short.”

Now you have no excuse for not knowing the meaning of “cuffing season,” “shishito” or “glow-up.”

In “Live Laugh Love,” Kristin Kobes Du Mez examines how Christian women absorbed the idea that material abundance was evidence of divine favor.

For dozens of editors and reporters, the anniversary of the first issue of The Times in 1851 has been a moment to look back.

Patterson has worked with a handful of celebrities on books in recent years, but his collaboration with YouTube’s biggest star aims for a new audience.

In a new book, the fashion historian Kate Strasdin looks at the makers who designed the monarch’s sartorial persona.