Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region. By Abdi Latif Dahir Suggested reading ...

We've spent a bit more time with the Leica D-Lux 8, an enthusiast compact camera that captured our imaginations last year. As part of our continued testing, we've put it in front of our standard ...

Join former prosecutor Andy McCarthy as he delves into the legal ins and outs of the latest Washington dramas with National Review editor in chief Rich Lowry. Capital Record – your weekly ...

The British architect has built an unprecedented factory of fine design. Inside the world of the man who creates exquisite ...

January 15, 2025 • In Netflix's gritty, brutal Western series American Primeval, Betty Gilpin plays a woman determined to get herself and her son across the frontier. But along the way, they ...

The outgoing president issued the last-minute pardons to prevent his successor from enacting retribution against his political opponents. On Secretary Austin’s farewell speech; Jean-Marie Le Pen ...

He oversees one of the world's first purpose-built upright cemeteries, where the dead are buried "standing up". The Kurweeton Road Cemetery near Camperdown in regional Victoria opened almost 15 ...

Many recordings can surely be expected before the year is out. A decade on from his win at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, Seong-Jin Cho is turning his attention to Ravel — and ...

I was privileged to byline the cover story of the last print issue of PC Magazine, the Windows 7 review, and I’ve witnessed every Microsoft win and misstep up to the latest Windows 11.

‘The New Shadow,’ which Tolkien left unfinished at his death, has a chilling warning about the dangers of historical amnesia and peacetime rot.