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

Timothy Spall as J.W. Turner working on a reproduction of the huge, poetic painting The Harbour of Dieppe (1825‒1826) in Mr.

In “Wild Thing,” Sue Prideaux uses recent research to closely examine Gauguin’s complex relationship with French colonialism ...

Prepare your tear ducts. Chloé Zhao's unabashedly emotional “Hamnet” will have them flowing. The film based on Maggie ...

Steven Spielberg's autobiographical film The Fabelmans is heading to a new streaming home, 3 years after underperforming in ...

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star as William Shakespeare and his wife in Chloé Zhao’s film, based on Maggie O’Farrell’s ...

Chloé Zhao’s film depicts the inspiration for “Hamlet” as a relentlessly woeful tale.

Another PAX Unplugged is in the books. Here's every board game Keith Law played at this year's show, including his pick for ...

Deutch and Aubry Dullin reveal what it took to perfect the recreation of Jean-Luc Godard's first-ever feature production.

Richard Linklater’s "Nouvelle Vague" is the latest cinematic fanfiction, theatrical YouTube tribute-esque love letter to the process of filmmaking ...

Rather than an earnest recreation of the real-life marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne "Agnes" Hathaway, Hamnet follows ...