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Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world.

Curtis Chin’s memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” celebrates the cuisine and community of his youth. Now he’s paying it forward.

Here are the novels our columnist loved most.

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.

We’re in a golden age of horror. Here are 10 books that stood out in a year filled with fantastic releases.

A sketchbook collection, a Joycean comedy and a brutal self-examination gave us a lot to look at.

The first week print sales nearly matched Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land,” and put her well ahead of Prince Harry’s “Spare.” And she did it while selling only at Target, avoiding Amazon and bookstores.

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books.

A group of editors on the year’s most extraordinary novels and nonfiction.