Here, the best fiction books of 2024. In The Coin, a stylish Palestinian schoolteacher navigates a cramped New York City, ...

The story he tells—drawing on new archeological findings, a fresh reading of eighteenth-century visitors’ accounts, and a ...

Narrowing down the best books of 2025 to a list of 15 inevitably means leaving out fine works, including Shadow Ticket, the first novel by Thomas Pynchon in 12 years, and We Do Not Part by Nobel Prize ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 2025 is coming to a close, and looking back, we're thankful for the great fiction released from January to December. From mysteries to ...

Citizen Kane. The Godfather. The Bicycle Thief. Lawrence of Arabia. What do these films have in common? They’re all generally considered cinematic classics of the 20th century. Despite this, many ...

Fan fiction — the creation of unsanctioned, unofficially published, new works usually based on popular novels or films — was intentionally never mainstream. There are the legal issues — copyright laws ...