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

PERFECTION, by Vincenzo Latronico. Translated by Sophie Hughes.

Watch for a new “Hunger Games” prequel; a quirky romance from Emily Henry; novels by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ocean Vuong ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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