Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s world sing.

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A famous movie in 1979 called "The China Syndrome" chronicled a nuclear power accident that could kill tens of thousands of ...

The world has forever been fascinated with Japan and the Japanese. From their impeccable work ethic to their schedules, and from their literature to their art, the Japanese are never second to anyone.

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In Far Side's funniest comics about worms, it's easy to see why Gary Larson loved the subject so much that he wrote a ...

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The Peanuts gang takes over The Masked Singer stage for a special Thanksgiving episode that offers thanks for twice the ...

She told the Irish Mirror that she still speaks to The Pogues legend and can sense his presence, almost one year after his ...