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As we end another year, the infosphere is full of lists and stories of the best and the worst people, events, things and phenomena of 2023. Daniel G. Jennings at Medium calls such a ritual “one of the most obnoxious end-of-year traditions…too pretentious a tradition not to mock.” Aware of this characterization and although, according […]

In early December 1938, the critic and editor Malcolm Cowley set out to compile a form of end-of-year list for The New Republic. He and the other editors wrote to their friends seeking to compile a list of recent “Books That Changed Our Minds.” They didn’t debate what it would mean to call their choices the best. The books simply needed to have made them think in a new way. Eighty-five years later, we’re attempting something similar with our list of books of the year....

Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.

As we enter the last month of 2023, let's take a quick recap of some of the best books of the year, as per New York Times:

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s standout fiction and nonfiction.

They’re here!

Let’s try something new this summer. Rather than burdening yourself with postcard dreams of a beach towel and a book, instead of picturing yourself inside a portrait of lazy mornings with a hammock and a Stephen King, toss out the bougie old summer reading mirage. Has it ever been attainable for more than an hour or two? Replace it — as I do, to the detriment of family, TV and sleep — with a ...

Here are 13 choose-your-own-adventure themes for summer reading.

Let’s try something new this summer. Instead of the typical beach read, here are 13 choose-your-own-adventure themes for summer reading.

The iconic whistleblower reflects on the urgent need for others to follow in his footsteps.