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

Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and ...

Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into ...

Children’s book publishers were invited to submit up to 10 picture books published this year in the United States. The judges ...

In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the ...

For reasons that need not be stated, here are two books that represent an alternative to the pace of the news. Enjoy at ...

Folk tales and beloved characters from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short quiz. By J. D. Biersdorfer ...

Here are six new volumes that might make your holiday shopping list.

On one level, “Seeing Further” is about the touching folly of trying to reanimate a relic. With the help of a couple of ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. As spooky season approaches, the master of ...

“It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She thanks her own mother for the gift of Margaret Atwood. In his ...