NYT Books

Plenty of classics made the list, as did books that capture particular, personal slices of New York.

Set in a rapidly warming valley, “Dream State” spans 50 years of a rocky friendship.

Meet the writer who helped turn a book into a cultural phenomenon.

In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in the world.

In Michelle de Kretser’s new novel, a young graduate student gets caught in the gap between ideals and real life.

In Evie Wyld’s new novel, “The Echoes,” a woman mourns her partner while also contending with the traumatic past she left behind.

A new book by Morgan Falconer argues that artists working today should take inspiration from Futurism, Dada and other art movements that sought to reinvent the field.

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers.

Set in 1980s South Korea, Lee Chang-dong’s book “Snowy Day and Other Stories” hangs in the shadow of the violent Gwangju massacre.

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.