Every week, the critics and editors at the New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, ...

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People often stop reading in adulthood because they're fatigued from school book assignments or just don't have the time.

Brian T. Allen, art critic E Is for Edward, a centennial celebration of the work of Edward Gorey, reminds us that savants still wander the Earth. “I’ve been murdering children in my books for years,” ...

The year came fast and never slowed down. To ring in the new year, The Chronicle compiled its 25 most-read stories of 2025 ...

What nurtures a child’s holistic development? How can we address the cognitive overload and parent-child disconnect of the ...

Monday marked the first full day of jury deliberations in the murder retrial of Karen Read, the woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Karen Read’s verdict slips: See the ...