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Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

A rigorously researched guide on Chinese cooking, a choose-your-own adventure for pasta lovers and more, as tested by New York Times Cooking and the Food desk.

Looking for some fictional murder and mayhem? Our columnist is keeping track of the best crime novels of 2025.

Our columnist on the year’s most outstanding crime novels.

Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Here are the best crime novels of 2024 so far.

A candy-colored story collection, sisters who lust after Hitler and harrowing reportage from a riot in India.

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books.

The author of the City Spies series chooses 7 crime novels that invite young readers to discover the culprit before the characters do.

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.