The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you our latest reviews, gripping dystopian novels, uncanny thrillers, novels with “The Last of Us” vibes, the essential Octavia E. Butler, immersive ...

“He retains a sharp memory of the trap, last summer, his forefoot clamped and the utter terror, and of later waking, woozy, and the awful, human scent all over him, and the thing awkward around his ...