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

Justine Doiron, who is better known as Justine Snacks, is the early bird at the farmer’s market, then spends her day trying ...

PERFECTION, by Vincenzo Latronico. Translated by Sophie Hughes.

In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant ...

The Tokyo Suite” explores class divisions in contemporary Brazil via the twinned stories of a high-powered TV executive and ...

Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs.

A posthumous collection of Joan Didion’s diaries, biographies of Yoko Ono and Mark Twain, a history of The Onion — and plenty ...

Jason Zinoman started writing about comedy for The New York Times in 2011, when the world of stand-up and improv looked a ...

In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center ...

Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel became a best seller, but was also heavily criticized for its portrayal of Black characters.

Shannon Wu and John Sanders attended the same book festival in Washington, but didn’t meet until they connected on a dating ...

In Agustina Bazterrica’s new novel, “The Unworthy,” a dystopian future ravaged by climate change has stripped the world of ...