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A novel of adolescent friendship; a brooding celebrity memoir.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a scribe’s error deepened the confusion around it.

An adaptation of the Benjamin Britten opera, in turn based on Melville’s classic novella, joins a lineage of beautiful enigmas.

A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act.

The author of the Divergent series recommends books that explore human nature and disintegrating reality.

“Bonding,” by Mariel Franklin, is a love story charged by the absurdities of a market-driven culture.

Two darkly amusing graphic novels for kids pit machine learning and rocket science against good old-fashioned humanity.

“Empire of the Elite,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, is a story of (mostly) insider-outsiders who helmed the glossiest American magazines in their heyday.

In Kerry Cullen’s uncanny debut, “House of Beth,” a queer 20-something finds that “straight” life comes with serious strings (and spirits) attached.