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Apr 25, 2019
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Apr 25, 2019
"God is not dead in L'Heureux stories," one critic wrote. "He's simply absent, joking or malicious." A former priest, L'Heureux wrote more than 20 books.
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Apr 25, 2019
The poets, from 10 different states, will receive a combined $1 million to establish projects like writing workshops and readings in their communities.
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Apr 25, 2019
The directionless heroines of Jen Beagin's "Vacuum in the Dark" and Halle Butler's "The New Me" follow in the footsteps of Ottessa Moshfegh and Catherine Lacey.
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Apr 25, 2019
It wasn't until her latest book, "In My Mind's Eye," was serialized on BBC that many of her neighbors realized there was a celebrity in their midst.
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Apr 25, 2019
The poet, essayist and environmentalist cites Ovid's "Metamorphoses" as an inspiration: "Ovid in a sense tried to write the entire Roman story. I take it as a challenge to look for the storyteller of the planet."
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Apr 24, 2019
The romance novelist Cristiane Serruya has been accused of copying passages from dozens of writers.
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Apr 24, 2019
Anne Harrington's "Mind Fixers" traces the history of attempts to establish the biology of mental illnesses — which have led to repeated frustration.
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Apr 24, 2019
Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, decided to downgrade her tech two years ago. It has worked out, with paper and DVDs instead of the latest apps and gizmos.
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Apr 24, 2019
In "The Lost Gutenberg," Margaret Davis traces the colorful history of a rare Bible through its owners.
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Apr 24, 2019
Mary Norris's "Greek to Me" is an exuberant account of a decades-long obsession with a culture and its language.
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Apr 24, 2019
Michael Dobbs's "The Unwanted" describes the plight of European Jews trying to escape extermination by the Nazis.
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Apr 23, 2019
The narrator of Aysegul Savas's "Walking on the Ceiling" writes from present-day Istanbul, remembering time she spent adrift in Paris and London after the death of her mother.
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Apr 23, 2019
For almost 40 years, in the extreme suburbs and the diminishing countryside, Baker has worked to see and describe things as though for the first time.
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Apr 23, 2019
In "The Thirty-Year Genocide," the Israeli historians Benny Morris and Dror Ze'evi detail the slaughter of Turkey's Christian minorities.
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Apr 23, 2019
In her new essay collection, "Nanaville," the novelist and former Times columnist writes about what she's learned since becoming a grandmother.
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Apr 23, 2019
A selection of recent poetry books (plus Whitman's ruminations); and a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Apr 23, 2019
The new book by the historian Kristin L. Hoganson explodes conventional ideas about the Midwest as America's "insulated core" — the wellspring of its values and identity.
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Apr 23, 2019
In "The Last Job," Dan Bilefsky explores a famous London robbery that was masterminded by a 76-year-old pensioner.
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Apr 22, 2019
Read about the country's decades long civil war and its toll on the Sri Lankan people.
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Apr 22, 2019
"Machines Like Me" imagines the relationship between a man, woman and lifelike robot in an alternative 1980s England.
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Apr 22, 2019
In "The Problem of Democracy," Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein show that John and John Quincy Adams were skeptical of popular democracy.
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Apr 22, 2019
In "Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells," the noted journalist finds wisdom in the rituals and routines he shares with his Japanese wife.
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Apr 22, 2019
The publisher Random House announced on Monday that the "newly envisioned" book would now include rare photographs and handwritten lyrics.
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Apr 22, 2019
The author-illustrator behind ‘everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too' is writing for TV and film, plus pursuing a Ph.D. at M.I.T.
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Apr 21, 2019
Melissa Rivero's debut novel, "The Affairs of the Falcóns," features a family that, like hers did, emigrates to New York from Peru.
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Apr 21, 2019
"What Blest Genius?," by Andrew McConnell Stott, and "Shakespeare's Library," by Stuart Kells, explore different facets of the history and mysteries of the playwright's reputation.
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Apr 21, 2019
Anuradha Bhagwati's forceful memoir, "Unbecoming," tackles sexual harassment, discrimination and the possibilities for redress for American servicewomen.
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Apr 20, 2019
Much of what's in the report is already known, but our book critic says it still has "the power to shock and appall."
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Apr 20, 2019
Hugh Ryan's new account delves into colorful characters who frequented the area around the Brooklyn Navy Yard — a flourishing center of 19th-century queer life.
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Apr 20, 2019
Carolyn Forché's "What You Have Heard Is True" recalls her 1970s journey in the company of a revolutionary who wants her to bear witness to his country's terror and bloodshed.
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Apr 19, 2019
Michael J. Mazarr's "Leap of Faith" argues that the tragedy was the result of a missionary impulse and wishful thinking.
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Apr 19, 2019
A late-blooming novelist, he had his greatest success with a comedy about a couple in a domestic free-for-all. It became a hit movie.
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Apr 19, 2019
Lewis's seven-part series examines our relationship to authority and to regulation — our mistrust of them and, in some cases, our full-throated hostility toward them.
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Apr 19, 2019
Some gems from the life's work of people remembered in obituaries in The New York Times.
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Apr 19, 2019
His four-book series "The Book of the New Sun" is considered one of the major works of the genre.
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Apr 19, 2019
The acclaimed biographer of Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses talks about his new book, "Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing."
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Apr 19, 2019
In "The Other Americans," a powerful new novel by Laila Lalami, a diverse group of citizens are forced to question their beliefs and allegiances after a Moroccan immigrant is killed.
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Apr 19, 2019
Published in 1990, the second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Johnson investigates the intensely contested 1948 senatorial election.
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Apr 19, 2019
The U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach wants to help other women overcome institutionalized discrimination — and she's written a book, "Wolfpack," about it.
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Apr 19, 2019
What does it mean to be a boy now? New nonfiction books show the varied thoughts and experiences of boys facing peril — or just figuring out how to be themselves.
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Apr 19, 2019
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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Apr 19, 2019
Janny Scott's memoir, "The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father," explores the consequences of generations of inherited Main Line wealth.
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Apr 19, 2019
Marilyn Stasio's Crime column features a new and gruesome Lucas Davenport novel and the latest appearance of Parnell Hall's cantankerous murder-solving puzzle lady.
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Apr 19, 2019
New collections from Carianne Leung ("That Time I Loved You"), Amy Hempel ("Sing to It") and Mark Mayer ("Aerialists") balance anxiety with humor.
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Apr 19, 2019
T Kira Madden's debut, "Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls," recalls a troubled childhood in chapters as fragmented as her family life was.
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Apr 19, 2019
Jonathan Carr's "Make Me a City" reconstructs an alternate history of Chicago in fictional source materials.
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Apr 19, 2019
In her new novel, "The Bird King," history is infused with fantasy, drama and puckish humor.
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Apr 18, 2019
The first book by María Gainza, an Argentine art critic, to be translated into English is a consistently delightful mix of art history, personal reminiscence and aesthetic theory.
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Apr 18, 2019
The subject of attention is everywhere in publishing these days, spanning disparate genres from self help to satire to fiction.
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Apr 18, 2019
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Apr 18, 2019
Sheri Berman's "Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe" sees the political history of Europe as one step forward, one step back.
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Apr 18, 2019
The scholar's latest book, coinciding with his new PBS series, "Reconstruction," is a harrowing look at the resurgence of white nationalism in the late 19th century and the New Negro movement to combat it.
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Apr 18, 2019
Jennifer duBois's satirical novel "The Spectators" charts the past and present woes of a confrontational TV star who may have inspired a mass shooting.
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Apr 18, 2019
The soccer star, whose new book is "Wolfpack," began the sport because of a how-to guide from the library. "I scored 27 goals in my first three games. I guess I do owe it all to books."
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Apr 18, 2019
In "The Absent Hand," Suzannah Lessard dissects a diverse swath of America, looking to understand the malls, green expanses and urban sprawl that surround us.
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Apr 18, 2019
My patient had a simple, devastating request. To honor it meant grappling with how a therapist responds to her clients.
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Apr 17, 2019
In her Prescribed Reading column, Abigail Zuger looks at books exploring the immune system and the tumultuous history of vaccination.
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Apr 17, 2019
The talk show host's interview of the acclaimed biographer is a long-awaited win for Team Coco.
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Apr 17, 2019
In her memoir-in-essays, Grace Talusan writes about her experience as an immigrant to the United States, her survival of childhood abuse and returning to visit the Philippines, her native country.
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Apr 17, 2019
Ellis, perpetual bad boy and avatar of Generation X, delivers in his first nonfiction book, "White," a series of rants against the politics of the young and woke.
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Apr 17, 2019
Adina Hoffman's "Ben Hecht" and Julien Gorbach's "The Notorious Ben Hecht" examine the man's career as both a screenwriter and a political activist.
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Apr 17, 2019
The Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "Minutes of Glory" tackles the absurdities, injustices and fortitude of people testing new ways against the old.
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Apr 17, 2019
The Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "Minutes of Glory" tackles the absurdities, injustices and fortitude of people testing new ways against the old.
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Apr 16, 2019
Here are reviews of the 15 winners and finalists for the awards.
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Apr 16, 2019
Petry's debut, "The Street," was the first book by a black woman to sell more than a million copies. A new volume collects it with another novel, "The Narrows," and a sampling of her criticism.
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Apr 16, 2019
"Keats, for me, represents the integrity of the mission of the poet," said Mr. Plumly, whose books included a "personal biography" called "Posthumous Keats."
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Apr 16, 2019
A selection of recent books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Apr 16, 2019
Kwame Onwuachi vaulted from troubled youth to overnight success to failure with a fancy restaurant in Washington, D.C. Now he's drawing attention with a new book and approach.
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Apr 16, 2019
Thangyat, a kind of satirical poetry that is often aimed at the authorities, is the latest form of expression to be restricted by Myanmar's government.
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Apr 16, 2019
For the author and former New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris, furnishing an apartment is all about the books.
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Apr 16, 2019
Lori Gottlieb's "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed" is a treasure trove of stories and hard-earned advice.
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Apr 16, 2019
Caro's "Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing" describes a lifetime of digging for facts.
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Apr 16, 2019
In "Firefighting," Ben S. Bernanke, Timothy F. Geithner and Henry M. Paulson Jr. explain their roles in averting a financial disaster.
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Apr 16, 2019
At the heart of Takis Würger's "The Club" — part thriller, part coming-of-age tale — is an elite but sinister invitation-only fraternity.
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Apr 16, 2019
From meritorious public service for coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to a special citation to the "Queen of Soul," here is the full list of winners and finalists.
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Apr 15, 2019
‘Happiness Is Baking' has favorite recipes from the 102-year-old baker.
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Apr 15, 2019
In a revelatory trilogy, Professor Davis, called "one of the most influential historians of his generation," placed slavery at the center of American history.
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Apr 15, 2019
The endlessly quotable pieces in Chelsey Minnis's latest collection play with notions taken from Hollywood's golden era.
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Apr 15, 2019
Bill McKibben's new book, "Falter," takes a mostly grim view of our willingness to avert environmental disaster. But he leaves open the possibility that we may yet avoid the worst.
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Apr 15, 2019
Like "Conversations With Friends," "Normal People" also traces a young romance in Ireland.
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Apr 14, 2019
Persephone Books in London — devoted mostly to overlooked works by female writers in the mid-1900s — celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
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Apr 14, 2019
E L James after "Fifty Shades," Ruth Reichl's delicious new memoir, Sally Rooney and more.
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Apr 14, 2019
Raise your pumpkin-spice latte! The reality-show star has a new advice book.
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Apr 12, 2019
Whether he was writing a Restoration period biography or a book on war poetry, his background in music informed his approach.
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Apr 12, 2019
After her father died, Katie Arnold became a marathon runner. Her luminous memoir, "Running Home," explores why.
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Apr 12, 2019
Reichl discusses "Save Me the Plums," and Emily Bazelon talks about "Charged."
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Apr 12, 2019
Parker's third collection provides its audience a space to celebrate black excellence and black joy as well as to commiserate about injustice.
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Apr 12, 2019
Can you recognize the albums bearing the names of the Irish playwright's works?
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Apr 12, 2019
James changed the literary landscape with her blockbuster erotica trilogy, "Fifty Shades of Grey." Now she is trying something (sort of) new.
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Apr 12, 2019
Lazy, rambunctious, downright weird: The cats and dogs in these stories are unique, lovable — and relatable.
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Apr 12, 2019
In "The Parisian," Isabella Hammad conjures up the Middle East between the two world wars, its tensions expressed in the coming-of-age of an Arab man.
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Apr 12, 2019
On their websites, famous novelists talk frankly about how they became writers.
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Apr 12, 2019
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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Apr 12, 2019
David Orr's "Dangerous Household Items," John Koethe's "Walking Backwards" and Sarah Gambito's "Loves You" celebrate daily moments in very different registers.
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Apr 12, 2019
In David Wallace-Wells's "The Uninhabitable Earth" and Nathaniel Rich's "Losing Earth," we have a picture of the increasingly dire problem of global warming.
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Apr 12, 2019
In 1999, the journalist Mark Bowden wrote "Black Hawk Down," documenting the 1993 United States military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Apr 12, 2019
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Apr 11, 2019
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Apr 11, 2019
"If Athens had had our technology, I'm sure Socrates would have been widely blocked on social media," Kwame Anthony Appiah said after seeing the play "Socrates" at the Public Theater.
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