NYT Books

From horror to history to literary fiction, the Book Review editors discuss 31 titles that deserve a look.

The author behind the cult-classic movie is back with a new series about the power of female friendship — and witches.

In “Money to Burn,” William D. Cohan charts the rise and fall of the Wall Street billionaire Leon Black.

The author describes the main character of her new novel, “Exit Party,” to a forensic sketch artist.

The experiences Ms. Kuang had during a summer spent studying Mandarin in the Taiwanese capital helped her shape her newest novel, “Taipei Story.”

In “All the Presidents’ Wars,” the journalist Peter Bergen traces the many missteps of U.S. military action in the Middle East.

In “The Living Realm,” an expat in Germany is visited by phantoms.

“Taipei Story,” R.F. Kuang’s seventh book in eight years, is about an American student in Taiwan.

Jonathan Franzen’s novel, which put a Midwestern family under the microscope, came out a week before 9/11. Why are we still talking about it?

In “Living With Freddie,” Anna Heyward recalls the pet who taught her “to be human.”