The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Our critic A.O. Scott breaks down a scene from Kiran Desai’s lavish new novel, “The Loneliness of Sonia and ...

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December 3, 2025 • Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Here are 8 fiction picks that were standout stars. December 2, 2025 • ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner ...

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The books that moved and delighted us, sparked conversations, and opened our minds All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert The Antidote by Karen Russell ...