The recipients of this year’s prizes were announced at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday.

Books by Patrick Radden Keefe and Nicholas Boggs are in contention for the UK award.

The producers of the hit show based on Rachel Reid’s novels announced the formation of the Irina Foundation.

In “California Dreams,” journalist Miriam Pawel traces the UC system’s evolution from an ambitious land-grant promise to a modern culture war battleground.

Melancholic and unyielding, James' Booker Prize longlisted new novel, 'The Disappearers,' captures a community fighting to exist despite relentless persecution.

Flash fiction, sweeping histories and bold memoirs — discover the highly anticipated fiction and nonfiction our book reviewers are dipping into this autumn.

Charlie Harris’s history of Mendocino County, “Mendo,” charts how a Northern California outpost was transformed into a lab for cannabis and the American West.

Ru Marshall's new biography "American Trickster" unmasks bestselling author Carlos Castaneda's evolution from UCLA grad student to manipulative cult figure.

A new book, ‘Marilyn and Her Books’ by Gail Crowther, explores the starlet's personal library of 400 volumes and the misogyny that doubted her intelligence.

Satire, scandal and sun-drenched secrets: Our critics select the best new fiction and nonfiction to fill your summer stack.

Organized into ten distinct categories, the new guide to the best books to read in groups is available now, exclusively for Times subscribers

From romance and memoirs to mystery and fantasy, here are the 101 best book club picks, according to a survey of more than 200 authors, publishers, journalists and book club fans.

Lauren Groff returns with a spirited, anguished look at the social narratives that shape our lives in her new short story collection.

As Lauren Groff heads to Vroman’s to discuss her new collection "Brawler," we look back at the career-defining novels and stories of a modern literary master.

While the 'movie brats' like Coppola and Spielberg won the box office, they may have lost the war for artistic independence.

Discover the folklore, nature and history of the Southwest through stunning literary portraits and poetry.

In “Football,” Chuck Klosterman wonders how we continue to embrace a sport knowing that it glorifies violence and other things we claim to abhor.

Gabriel Tallent’s second novel, 'Crux,' swaps the influencer-heavy aesthetic of Joshua Tree for a riveting story of two teens climbing to escape the precarity of the American Dream.

Born in China and now living in London, the novelist offers her unique spin on an American classic: ‘Moby-Dick.’

Two new books, 'Blank Space' and 'A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls' examine capitalism and the arts in different eras. Our critic discovers tied revelations in both.