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

PERFECTION, by Vincenzo Latronico. Translated by Sophie Hughes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The best-selling bard of female anxiety rakes over some middle school memories while visiting the city where she grew up.