Inside the List: The Paper Published a Holiday Books Guide in 1851 — and Every Year Since
It turns out that people have liked to give books as gifts for a long time. Here’s a peek at how tastes have changed over the years.
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Paper Chase: ‘A Christmas Carol’ Turns 175
On the anniversary of the beloved holiday classic, we look back at some of The Times’s coverage of the book and its author, Charles Dickens.
Inside the List: The ‘Stranger Things’ Book Brims With Easter Eggs — Just Like the Show Itself
Fans of Netflix’s hit supernatural mystery will find all kinds of clues to the show’s third season in a new companion book.
Inside the List: Those Best-of-the-Year Times Book Lists? They’ve Been Around Awhile
The paper’s “100 Notables” history goes back more than a century.
Inside the List: Those Best-of-the-Year Times Book Lists? They’ve Been Around Awhile
The paper’s “100 Notables” history goes back more than a century.
Inside the List: Why Aren’t People Buying Much Fiction These Days?
Sales of novels may be flagging, but nonfiction sales — fed by a seemingly endless stream of political books — are robust.
Inside the List: Who Says Celebrity Memoirs Don’t Sell? There Are Three New Ones on the Best-seller List
These books by the Beastie Boys, Abbi Jacobson and Justin Timberlake are about as far from standard-issue star autobiographies as you can get.
Inside the List: What Did the Fiction Best-Seller List Look Like 25, 50, 75 Years Ago?
Since there’s not much new on this week’s list, we took a deep dive into The Times’s archives to see what we could find about popular books in decades past.
Inside the List: Susan Orlean Burned a Book. It Was ‘Excruciating.’
While researching “The Library Book,” about the 1986 fire that decimated the Los Angeles Central Library, the author took a paperback and some matches into the yard.
