Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America. By Sam Tanenhaus. Random House; 1,040 pages; $40 and £33 A superb biography of William F. Buckley, the most influential American journalist ...

A study of the economics of conflict, from the Vikings to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, by a former writer for and occasional contributor to The Economist. Time and again, Duncan Weldon spots ...

“If you’ve ever attempted to write about dance, you understand it’s much more difficult than it sounds. It can take paragraphs to capture the layers of emotion and physicality that one dance move ...

AUBURN, Ala. – Rudi Johnson made the 2000 football season one to remember for himself, his teammates and for Auburn. Johnson, who passed away Sept. 23, a week before his 46th birthday, led the Tigers ...

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What should I read next? If only making that decision were simple: Recommendations abound online and off, but when you’re casting about for a new book, especially if you’re coming off the heels of ...

Warning: This story has spoilers for E. Lockhart’s book “We Were Liars.” Imagine if you couldn’t remember your family’s biggest secret. In E. Lockhart’s young adult novel “We Were Liars,” protagonist ...

The nonfiction and novels we can’t stop thinking about. Credit...The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff We’re halfway through 2025 and we at The Book Review have already ...

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 ...

Patti Smith‘s forthcoming memoir Bread of Angels took a decade to write, and captures “the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime,” according to the singer-songwriter. “As Smith suffers profound losses, ...