Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly ...

If you’re struggling, we’ve got the Contexto answer today for October 29, 2024. If you’ve skipped ahead and want some pointers before looking at the Contexto answer, we have a bunch of hints ...

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Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying. By Alexandra Jacobs ...

The book highlights 10 outrageous wrongful convictions and issues within the American legal system. In the sixth book in the series, LAPD detective Renée Ballard reopens a 20-year-old cold case ...

Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider for your October reading list. As leaves fall elsewhere in the country, leaves of new books will ...

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If you've ever wished you could get book recommendations from the 'Dance the Night' and 'Levitating' singer, dream no further Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE ...

The 29th installment of the Reacher series feels fresh, with a mid-book twist that keeps the pages turning. (Delacorte, Oct. 22) Reading was a passion and a place of refuge for Edim during a ...

Glory Edim's 'Gather Me' traces the dramatic arc of her life as well as her discovery of Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Toni ...

Gripping novels, transporting poetry, and timely nonfiction that asked us to look deeper Andrew R. Chow, Lucy Feldman, Mahita Gajanan, Annabel Gutterman, Angela Haupt, Cady Lang, and Laura Zornosa ...

In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back? In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less ...