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Fiction by George Saunders, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Laura Dave; a bracingly honest divorce memoir; Jennette McCurdy’s debut novel; and more.

These days, most best sellers are written by authors with household names. Not these five breakout books.

Such as: A shrewd move by George Washington. Why Gauguin wore a 10-gallon hat. And the benefits of breathing through your nose

A middle-age man fighting illness and marital woe heads west in Ben Markovits’s poignant new novel, a Booker Prize finalist.

Two novels center on small acts of valor, from a little onion’s quest to free his unjustly imprisoned father to an orphaned boy carrying messages for the French Resistance.

In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading.

Ian McEwan’s latest novel, one of the Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2025, is a literary mystery about a scholar’s search for a long-lost poem.

The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.

In January, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Xenobe Purvis’s debut novel, about a small English village grappling with a dangerous rumor.

Betty Fussell’s new memoir offers insights on aging, stories about love and a recipe for coyote pie.