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As Cat Stevens, he helped define the singer-songwriter. After converting to Islam, he became a lightning rod. His new memoir explores it all.

On the streets of Lower Manhattan, the famed record producer looks for signs of those sweaty 1990s nights.

On the streets of Lower Manhattan, the famed record producer looks for signs of those sweaty 1990s nights.

In “What Happened to Millennials,” Charlie Wells celebrates his anxious, unhappy, successful, pop-culture-obsessed, middle-aged, cringey cohort.

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

In “All Consuming,” the TV baking star turned food philosopher Ruby Tandoh munches on our decadent, crispy, sticky, turmeric-dusted, thirst-trap recipe economy.

Sports and sex make for a knockout pairing in romance novels. Here’s where to start.

In a new memoir, the former Democratic senator from West Virginia defends his centrist politics, portraying himself as a high-minded public servant with unshakable convictions.

The Yale law professor Justin Driver considers the legal arguments for and against the policy, as well as alternative ways to ensure diversity on campuses.

It’s not quite #MeToo, but a spate of new memoirs is forcing a reckoning on what consent means when your parent is the artist.