The 41-year-old pop star has become a lightning rod for controversy, and like most public figures, some of the discourse surrounding her actions is warranted. Perry began 2025 on the heels of the ...

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid responds to the biggest criticisms of both the shows and the books, explaining her ...

Austin has no shortage of live performances celebrating the holiday season. Anti-traditionalists, though, may still be searching for entertainment, and here it is: The Museum of Human Achievement ...

Fanfiction challenges stereotypes by showing creativity, community, and emotional depth, proving meaningful literature can come from passionate fans. Fanfiction has been growing in popularity over the ...

From Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to the US government’s “Halo” memes, fandom has become the defining language of US politics.

While the show primarily adapts the romance between rival hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), the latest episode, “Hunter,” follows another couple in ...

Dystopia. Dark academia. Lady knights. Vampires. Cyberpunk cities. Drowned coasts. Magical romance. 2025 was another major year for micro-trends within the fantasy and science-fiction genres. It’s ...

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the ...

Is fiction good for us? We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows, and other forms of fiction. Some see this as a positive thing, arguing that made-up stories cultivate our ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Sebastian Mast Supported by The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of ...

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 ...

With more than 200 fiction titles in our annual Books We Love guide, it's tough to narrow our 2025 favorites down into one single-digit list. But there are always a few standouts, and in the picks ...