New York Times Notable Books 2025. Set partly in new york city and partly in french polynesia, this novel follows a family through the distress of 2020. As the curtain rises on a new season of the mercyhurst institute for arts & culture, prepare to be swept away by the electrifying.

The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of the new york times book review. How i learned to pay attention, master myself, and win.