The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you uncanny thrillers, gripping dystopian tales, novels with older protagonists, books with “The Last of Us” vibes, immersive climate fiction, the ...

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What we know so far: A market built for libraries and booksellers is now feeding AI training, as companies seek large volumes of printed books that predate the generative AI boom. ISBNdb, which says ...

Inside the surprising RAGBRAI-inspired story of an Iowa mystery that led to the state's true center ― and one farm family's ...

Brex reports on the 25 books most purchased by founders in the first half of 2026, highlighting a shift towards biographies ...

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More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years. Child drowning deaths rose from about 750 in 2019 to more than 860 in 2024, the most recent year for which complete data is available.

From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this month’s new popular science books are asking some big questions. Liz Else rounds up the ones she’s most looking forward to ...

Jiroemon Kimura, who is on record as the world’s oldest man, died at the reported age of a hundred and sixteen, in 2013. His passing spawned a slew of articles about the secret to extreme longevity.