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Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

On its own, LATE dementia is less severe than Alzheimer’s, but in combination, it makes Alzheimer’s symptoms worse, scientists say.

In his own words, William Li, a resident of the Hong Kong apartment complex that became an inferno, recounted how he and two neighbors survived until help arrived.

Rachel Reeves, the top economic official in an increasingly unpopular government, will appear in Parliament to present tax and spending plans.

After more than 20 years in the U.S., an Eritrean mother and nurse tried to self-deport to Canada. She found herself in a Texas detention center instead.

The chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was seen as the second-most powerful person in Ukraine. He was dismissed on Friday.

Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff and top peace negotiator, became the highest-ranking casualty of an investigation into a vast kickback scheme.

In a year of high prices, economic uncertainty and other jitters, America is united in uncertainty — and poultry.

The West African nation had recently held a presidential election in which the main opposition party was barred from the ballot.

With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image that defined the savagery of the Nazi regime.