By Daisy Fried The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost ...

By A.O. Scott A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century epic’s influence and relevance through the ages. By Ed Simon Try this short quiz to see how many ...

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In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.

The rise of identity fraud in South Africa has sparked alarm, especially for citizens who still rely on green ID books. These documents, still widely used despite the introduction of the more ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Coll’s book presents Hussein as a human being, not a caricature. Relying in part on newly translated Iraqi documents, it reexamines the mutually reinforcing delusions of the Iraqi leader and ...