Sam Dolnick

Twenty years after “A Million Little Pieces” became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.

One of the world’s greatest basketball players, he thought of himself as a loser.

Donald Dimmock, who died in March at 79, ran the electric department at The New York Times, where he worked for more than three decades.

Why is it that books found in giveaway piles cast such a spell on us?

At 22, she persuaded Dylan Thomas to make the first-ever recording of a full-length book read aloud. And the rest was history.

Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be.

Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be.

Darius Dugas II was one of thousands of American children killed by gun violence this year.

Here are just a few of The Times’s subscriber-only newsletters that surprised, delighted and challenged us.

In “Brothers on Three,” Abe Streep follows a high school basketball team through both a championship season and a reservation suicide epidemic.

Mad Mike was already in his 60s when he tried to overthrow the Marxist president of the Seychelles.

In “Hidden Valley Road,” Robert Kolker unspools the story of Mimi and Don Galvin and their 12 children, six of whom developed schizophrenia.

A deft musician and beloved mentor, he helped keep steel-pan music — his bridge to the Caribbean — a vibrant part of New York life. He had the coronavirus.

The coronavirus has affected about two dozen Postal Service workers around the country, and fear of a greater outbreak grows.

Older Americans remember where they were when they learned about J.F.K.’s death. Now basketball fans have their own terrible moment.

She stunned everyone when she won the Boston Marathon. But it didn’t take long to uncover the truth: She cheated.

In his new book, “The Queen,” Josh Levin reveals that Linda Taylor was a scammer of epic proportions, a kidnapper and possibly even a murderer.

There’s a distinct glee people find in watching a hero brought low.

The outsider gallerist who brought Outsider Art to the market.

When I started reporting on an octogenarian drug mule, I had no idea it would inspire a Hollywood film.