The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

Red, White & Royal Blue may have taught straight people that gay men can do missionary too, but it was the latest episode of Heated Rivalry that taught them what frotting is.

The second chapter of Shefalee Vasudev’s latest book, Stories We Wear, opens with a striking image: Prime Minister Narendra ...