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

Jenny Lee chats to beloved Irish author Patricia Scanlan about reuniting with her earliest characters, #MeToo movement, her ...

the 9/11 attacks to the start of the civil war in Syria, these diverse selections offer action, intrigue, and unforgettable characters. For more great reads, check out Books About the U.S. Civil War ...

David Roy speaks to US journalist Ali Watkins about her book The Next One is For You, which reveals how IRA weapons made ...

Amity Gaige’s thriller was inspired by a real-life tragedy along the Appalachian Trail. Emma Pattee’s novel “Tilt” tells the story of a very pregnant woman searching for safety when a ...

Rain of Ruin, a new study by war expert Richard Overy, decisively shows that the atomic bombs didn’t force the Japanese emperor’s hand Fritz Bauer not only put eminent Nazis on trial but made ...

Pat Conroy was the epitome of the "Southern Writer" for many years and called by some "the most beloved American writer of ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island, which centers around a woman dealing with the fallout of a pregnancy caused by her husband's betrayal.

Fiction about the Northern conflict used to ... which in turn inspired the much-expanded Irish Book Awards. The risk that it might suffer from recency bias, more than two decades after its ...

On Thursday, we published numbers 100 to 51 and on Saturday we will reveal the top 25 Irish fiction titles of the century so far. Below are the books ranked 50 to 26.

Every country breeds its own distinctive canon of fiction writing ... leading award for novels written in English), more than 20 Irish authors have made the shortlist—and five have won.