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

One of the biggest foreign rights stories in book publishing this year is the resurgence in popularity of Japanese fiction, ...

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

Whether hes playing a rugged rancher or a world-weary lawman, Kevin Costner left an indelible mark on the Western genre.

Why it is one of Kevin Costner’s best Western movies: Kevin Costner earned an Emmy and Golden Globe for his performance as ...

There is some hubris in daring to define the key features of a century’s worth of novels, but Edwin Frank admits his book isn ...

Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, waiting to put a smile back on our faces. From comic novels and memoirs, to essays and poetry, humour has filled ...

Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...