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

A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff’s life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again ...

Do we really believe that, as I write these words and as you read them, God knows every thought that every human being is ...

Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of ...

The English Premier League referee, David Coote, was suspended for a foul-mouthed video. This piece explores the memes around the event.

Fiber is something that most of us get far too little of. To change that, we need to actually enjoy eating it. Food ...

The water destroyed Nuria’s house, Sarai’s clothing shop, Maria’s school. Five residents died in a 300-meter stretch of road ...

Nelly Korda has won seven times on the LPGA Tour during a remarkable 2024 season that included a second major title at the ...

Thou Shalt Not Steal follows Aboriginal teen Robyn (the immensely talented Sherry-Lee Watson). She escapes juvenile detention ...

“Both the kids can do an awful lot, but he’s gonna have to bite his tongue a little bit,” Calhoun ... and the national media microscope. Neither the freshmen nor the transfers have ...

Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes’s play against spin has been particularly worrying, with the former’s place under the microscope ... while Josh Tongue could come into contention when fit again.

He began with neuropathology (but confessed “poring down a microscope drives me nuts ... The Natunas fall into a gray area: do the dashes at the end of the PRC “cow’s tongue” map include the islands?