I love that literary fiction so often resists easy categorization. I love that this “genre” is not, really, a genre at all.

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Happily ever after. These three words form the backbone of the romance genre. Because no matter how fraught the journey, in romance, the protagonists will be together by the story’s end. This is the ...

Classic books stand the test of time by capturing readers’ attention generation after generation. They focus on themes that people across continents, religious backgrounds, socioeconomic circumstances ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual ...

I’m a stand-up comedian. Not a book critic. I don’t want to be a book critic. And writing about books is really fucking hard. I don’t want to recap the plots or write shit like “languorous prose.” I ...

Reader in 18th-century Literature and Director of Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature, Queen Mary University of London Reading is very subjective, but one thing most book lovers can agree on ...

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The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you the best historical fiction of 2025, great World War II novels, our latest reviews, books with “Hamnet” vibes, novels that transport you to the ...