New york times best biographies
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Literary Biographies
Following are literary biographies reviewed by The New York Times Book Review since Dec. 31, 2000.
Alice Walker: A LifeBy EVELYN C. WHITE
Evelyn C. White traces the writer's life from her days as the child of Georgia sharecroppers to the international triumph of "The Color Purple."
Allen Tate: Orphan of the South
By THOMAS A. UNDERWOOD
A biography of the critic Allen Tate focuses on his Southern aesthetics.
Anthony Blunt: His Lives
By MIRANDA CARTER
Miranda Carter has written a biography of the enigmatic art historian who was surveyor of Britain's royal pictures and a secret Soviet spy.
Anthony Powell: A Life
By MICHAEL BARBER
The first full-length life of Powell is chatty and jokey in a manner peculiar to British biographers.
The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O'Hara
By GEOFFREY WOLFF
Geoffrey Wolff looks past John O'Hara's reputation as an ogre to get to the writer who shook up 20th-century fict
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The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Ranked list in the New York Times
The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century is a ranked list of the 100 best novels published in the English language since January 1, 2000.
Selection criteria
[edit]The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging authors.[1]
The following are a few of the individuals who contributed to the list.
Authors (fiction)
Stephen King
Min Jin Lee
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Bonnie Garmus
Curtis Sittenfeld
R. L. Stine
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Junot Díaz
Anthony Doerr
James Patterson
Stephen Graham Jones
Elin Hilderbrand
Jason Reynolds
Rebecca Roanhorse
Marlon James
Jonathan Lethe
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The Complete List of New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers
Go beyond just the current list of New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers 2025 to discover every bestselling book listed on the NYT Bestseller List in 2025.
Since 1931, The New York Times has been publishing a weekly list of bestselling books. Since then, becoming a New York Times bestseller has become a dream for virtually every writer.
When inom first started reading adult books, one of the first places I went for book recommendations was the New York Times Nonfiction Nonfiction Best Sellers. I wanted to know what books were the most widely read, and start with those.
However, scrolling through the list week by week on The New York Times website is rather annoying. inom just wanted all the bestselling nonfiction books gathered together in one place.
When I couldn’t find it, I decided to create it.
Here are all the New York Times nonfiction bestsellers from this year. I’ve got the current #1 and this week&rsq