Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court ...

Should health insurance cover marijuana? Should it cover vodka? Lucky Strikes? Bacon cheeseburgers? Like all those substances, marijuana contains pleasure-giving, mind-altering chemicals that the ...

Thanks to distinct design, fresh approaches to the genre and the if-you-know-you-know factor, 831 Stories is catching the eye of readers and investors. Thanks to distinct design, fresh approaches to ...

It began with Benjamin Franklin, who couldn’t stop working—or writing about work—throughout his 84-year-long life. Franklin set the stage for thousands of subsequent writers who produced novels, ...

Medical learners in the 21st century spend less time with patients during training than their counterparts did in the 20th century, which decreases the knowledge and practice of bedside clinical ...

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests a new gene editing drug could help lower high cholesterol levels. This small study included 15 people and was designed to test ...

The most lucrative sports betting state in the U.S. set a new monthly online sports betting handle record in October. New York’s October sports betting handle bested January 2025 for the highest of ...

The Bank of England left its key interest rate unchanged Thursday, slowing but likely not ending a series of reductions in borrowing costs, as inflation remains stubbornly high despite a weak economy ...

There are plenty of people moving through her world, of course—her husband, her friends, her doctors, her neighbors—but judging just by what she can see, she’d have to take it as an article of faith ...

The United States continues modernizing its nuclear forces amid threats from its adversaries, as a new stealth nuclear cruise missile appears to have been unveiled. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Air ...