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 ...

THE UNCOLLECTED STORIES OF MAVIS GALLANT (New York Review Books, 590 pp., paperback, $22.95), includes an early story that is forgettable except for its ending with a Gallant mantra. A man in a ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey ...

By The New York Times Books Staff In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its suits. “Clothes matter ...

By The New York Times Books Staff The travel writer and essayist discusses his new book, “Aflame,” about his stays at a California monastery. Gay Talese Keeps Notes, Especially on Everyone’s ...

By The New York Times Books Staff The Secret to a Good Life? Thinking Like Socrates. In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. MAGA has turned “the ... with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls ...