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

The impossible story of communism. How do you tell the history of a global movement in all its hope and contradiction? The ...

The main characters tend to be 30-something women trying to have it all. Kids, relationships, satisfying careers — the ...

Thanos stands as one of the greatest Marvel Comics villains ... and the Gardner who had the Time Stone. But, no matter how seemingly powerful, all fell beneath Thanos' might - and Thanos Quest tells ...

Discover an exciting list of time travel movies filled with adventure, twists, and mind-bending journeys through the past, ...

Iconic classics like The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke and new favorites like Damian: Son of Batman are perfect ...

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get ...

In his 3,000-word story, the writer imagines a world consisting of an enormous and possibly infinite number of hexagonal ...

Borges imagined an endless library that contained every possible permutation of letters. The truth is out there, but it’s ...

I was only a teenager, and I was in a lot of pain,” Cher’s mother told her. “Give me a break.” Showbiz ran in Cher’s blood, ...

Santa Pool reads his own versions of Christmas holiday tales he promises will be a ‘not at all inappropriate.’ ...

“The Penguin” star Colin Farrell has boarded Irish short film “Room Taken” as ... on its sleeve with tender performances and a story that stayed with me long after viewing.