Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties ...

The Chef” presents the drama inside an ambitious restaurant kitchen without overdoing the psychodrama; it stands back from the flare-ups and bad-boy misbehavior, presenting them with a smart, sardonic ...

Sylvester Stallone briefly stabilizes this artless action movie about a rogue agent and his wife on the run. Given that the ...

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

His new novel is titled after Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” he says, “given the theme of incomprehension between generations ...

Julia Garner stars as a weary wife to Christopher Abbott, who might be transforming into a savage animal, in this cabin-in-the-woods thriller.

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) hosted acclaimed author Nathan Thrall for a thought-provoking conversation with GU-Q ...

Spoilers ahead, for novels that came out decades ago and are commonly credited with helping to invent the genre of the legal ...

Neil Gaiman, the bestselling fantasy author, denies sexual abuse allegations made by eight women in an explosive New York ...

For those who did want to contemplate it, the public reckoning follows a now-familiar, grim pattern: “Climate change will ...

Get ready to cackle with glee, “Wicked” fans in Alabama. The blockbuster musical is coming to Birmingham for a three-week stint in 2025, courtesy of the Broadway in Birmingham series. This isn’t the ...