The New York Times

Rereading William Golding’s classic, Lois Lowry finds herself despairing that circumstances led the children to such a hell.

The Grisham formula hasn’t gotten old. When he’s on his game, as he is with his latest legal thriller, it really works.

Mr. Beatty, the first American to capture the prestigious British award, wrote “The Sellout,” a scathing satire about race in America.

The mystery fiction editor and founder of the Mysterious Press says the last book that surprised him was “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn: “I never saw it coming.”

When Mr. Roth’s books are moved to a refurbished space in the Newark Public Library, they will be shelved using the same system he created at home.

Colin Dickey’s “Ghostland” says America’s haunted places are about more than just ghosts.

Five novels, five books of nonfiction and two graphic memoirs to read before you hit 30.

New horror fiction includes “The Graveyard Apartment,” about a roomy flat that overlooks a temple, a burial ground and a crematory.

All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.

Leo Braudy’s “Haunted” probes the cultural and historical origins of ghosts, witches, vampires and zombies.

The author’s novel “The Sellout” was the first book by an American to receive the British award.

When asked about her multiple sclerosis, Ms. Perillo, who wrote piercingly about mortality, said: “I don’t battle M.S. I relent to its humiliations.”

Franny Moyle’s ambitious biography depicts J.M.W. Turner’s talent, work ethic and self-involvement in detail but with little style or warmth.

James Parker and Rivka Galchen discuss the difficulty in writing funny.

In this season’s true crime books, mysteries set in Indianapolis; Austin, Tex.; Louisiana; and elsewhere.

“This Way Madness Lies,” Mike Jay’s history of the asylum Bedlam, tracks attitudes toward mental illness.

A new book, “Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History,” looks at women who overcame tremendous obstacles.

The latest biography by Peter Ackroyd examines what lurks behind the film director’s obsession with order and control.

Marlowe is being listed on the three “Henry VI” plays, parts 1, 2 and 3, which have long been believed to be the work of more than one writer.

The season’s thrillers include Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, “Night School,” and Francesca Kay’s “The Long Room,” about a British spy in London in 1981.

In “America the Anxious,” the British observer Ruth Whippman argues that Americans’ striving for happiness makes us miserable.

LeHand, known as Missy, wielded far more influence than her title of secretary to the president conveyed.

Madeleine Thien’s beautiful, sorrowful novel pieces together the story of musicians’ — and China’s — sufferings during the Cultural Revolution.

The criticism of Mr. Dylan came from Per Wastberg, a writer and member of the Swedish Academy that awards the honor. His comments were reported by a Swedish newspaper.

Beth Macy talks about “Truevine”; Calvin Trillin and Roz Chast discuss “No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood”; and Molly Young on “Bridget Jones’s Baby.”

Issue-driven fiction is having a renaissance. Several new books are an outgrowth of the financial crisis, the rise of racial tensions and the increased animosity toward immigrants.

Marcy Dermansky’s “The Red Car” is a propulsive novel that still makes you stop and think.

In Jane Alison’s “Nine Island,” a woman faces her romantic future.

A May-December romance begins between a drama student and a London actor in Eimear McBride’s “The Lesser Bohemians.”

Marie Ponsot’s “Collected Poems” is the model for every poet who worships procrastination.