THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (January 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘A Deal With The Devil’ – A.N. Wilson’s new biography of Goethe approaches its subject through his masterpiece and life’s work, the verse drama “Faust”.

3 New Thrillers Fueled by Obsession and Blackmail

Our columnist on the month’s most exciting releases.

A Sex Tape, a Senate Race and a Centuries-Old Family Curse

The scion siblings at the center of Sara Sligar’s Gothic thriller “Vantage Point” try desperately to outrun the calamity that is their inheritance.

In a Dystopian Nepal, an Earthquake’s Aftershocks Are Mostly Political

Samrat Upadhyay’s new novel, “Darkmotherland,” is a sprawling epic in which a natural disaster gives way to an authoritarian takeover.