Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in December.

While we love the information, advice and factual accuracy of a nonfiction book, certain reads can be a little hard to get ...

Sometimes you need an actual reference book—or a memoir, an essay collection, an oral history, or something written by an expert. These nerdy nonfiction books are perfect for brushing up on all ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. If a book is not in a rank since the previous week, it will not have an arrow.

This book is dedicated to figuring out what she actually knew and was kept from knowing, and Kendall does so in plain (if occasionally awkward) prose that doesn’t shy away from her own blind spots.

This week’s Bookshelf brings you four new nonfiction titles you might want ... to writing about marginalized voices. Her previous book, “Independence Lost,” takes a fresh look at the ...