These picks—from authors including Imani Perry, Omar El Akkad, Sarah Wynn-Williams, and more—made an impression on our editors.

Every year, bookstore shelves swell with new non-fiction works by authors who are all writing in response to their inner and outer lives, their surroundings, and their yearning for a better world.

Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” How very true that is. No matter what happens, the one thing that can’t be taken from you is your mind. And the more ...

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Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual ...

Influence, leverage and quiet control surface through books that decode how money moves power, shapes systems and decides who ...