NYT Books

In a new book, two photographers memorialize the bird that charmed New York City and the world.

The self-help phenom’s new book is all about letting others do as they may. Can she follow her own advice?

A new biography of Goethe approaches its subject through his masterpiece and life’s work, the verse drama “Faust.”

Newly translated letters reveal the inner life of Paul Celan, offering clues to his enigmatic poems.

In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, “a keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel.”

She became a photographer the same year she came out, chronicling the lives of women in same-sex relationships — something most people had never seen.

Make it through the holidays with these movies, books and music from the past year that are adapted from stage productions or evoke a theatrical spirit.

These culinary coming-of-age tales are movable feasts for the gluttonous listener.

This slim novella about one Irishman’s crisis of conscience during the Christmas season is the topic of our December book club discussion.

“The Troublemaker” is a brisk account of the life and work of Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and democracy activist currently on trial for national security offenses.