Python’s new JIT compiler might be the biggest speed boost we’ve seen in a while, but it’s not without bumps. Get that news ...

As Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday and a new “Dolly Parton Day,” a new biography by Martha Ackmann looks back at the star’s rise from poverty to philanthropy.

Nearly half a century before “Heated Rivalry” skated its way to screens, a budding literary talent pseudonymously published some sporty smut of his own. By Alexandra Alter In “Hated by All the Right ...

December 8, 1975: San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneur Paul Terrell opens the Byte Shop, one of the world’s first computer stores — and the first to sell an Apple computer. Years before Apple would ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our critic on four excellent new novels. By Alida Becker In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the ...

A Song of Ice and Fire has been solidified as a defining work of fiction over the past 30 years. George R.R. Martin’s fantasy book saga ascended into the zeitgeist through an ongoing series of ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga is a seminal work of fantasy that spawned one of the best film trilogies ever created. Tolkien's story of good vs. evil is built around timeless themes of ...

In a hard year—and when, recently, have we had one we’d consider easy?—books can be a lifeline and a balm, a place to retreat and regain our grounding. Among the many entertaining, delightful, ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

Books can be a refuge from (waves arms) all this, even when they take you deeper into the darkness of 2025. There is a grace in the relationship between book and reader, with nothing but your eyes and ...

Several best-selling books will make way for returning TV shows and new ones in 2026. One of the first major arrivals in January will be A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R. R. Martin’s ...

L-R: Margot Robbie in 'Wuthering Heights,' Matt Damon in 'The Odyssey' and Ryan Gosling in 'Project Hail Mary' Warner Bros, Universal, Amazon MGM Many books will provide backbone to both theatrical ...