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The writer Dolly Alderton has long had an avid following in her native England, but with her best-selling comic novel “Good Material” she’s become a trans-Atlantic success.

Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?

Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat’s “Made in Asian America” spotlights young people who defy erasure and make their own history.

A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.

The actress Jodie Comer recasts her Tony-winning turn in Suzie Miller’s hit play “Prima Facie” for a new novelization.

Every year, millions flock to Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to visit the house known as Shakespeare’s Birthplace. But was he really born there? A whole industry depends on it.

This musical adaptation, now on Broadway, is a lot of Jazz Age fun. But it forgot that Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel endures because it is a tragedy.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering.

She devoted her life to showing us how and why.