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New York Times Books
Aug 31, 2025

Zdena Salivarova, Publisher Who Kept Czech Literature Alive, Dies at 91
In exile in Canada, she and her husband, the novelist Josef Skvorecky, published books that had been outlawed by the Soviet-backed Communist regime.

New York Times Books
Aug 31, 2025

The Month's Best New Horror Books
"This Is My Body," by Lindsay King-Miller, is just one of the month's notable horror releases.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

Carol Saline, 86, Dies; Journalist With a Story to Tell, About Her Dyingx
Terminally ill, she contacted obituary reporters looking to be interviewed about her life and imminent death — to be "at her own wake," a colleague said.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

Carol Saline, 86, Dies; Journalist With a Story to Tell, About Her Dying
Terminally ill, she contacted obituary reporters looking to be interviewed about her life and imminent death — to be "at her own wake," a colleague said.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

‘The Interview': Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear'
The acclaimed writer has a new memoir, and a warning.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

Debbie Gibson Wants to Take Your Photo (She Won't Steal Your Phone)
The 1980s pop star, who tells her story in a new memoir, chats about how she stays connected to teen culture, the glorious artifice of Las Vegas and dancing her own way.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

The ‘Thursday Murder Club' Members Get Down to Business
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie and director Chris Columbus on their new adaptation, first-day jitters and their shared love of "Home Alone."

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

Eugenia Cheng Says You Don't Need to Be Good at Math to Enjoy It
In her latest book, Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician, explores the choices we make to determine if two things — numbers, shapes, words and even people — are equal.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

Book Review: ‘A New New Me,' by Helen Oyeyemi
In a new novel, Helen Oyeyemi details a week inside a woman's fragmented consciousness.

New York Times Books
Aug 30, 2025

Book Review: The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything by Peter Brannen
The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in "The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything."

New York Times Books
Aug 29, 2025

Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
In her groundbreaking trilogy, "Women Scientists in America," she told the stories of numerous accomplished but largely invisible women.

New York Times Books
Aug 29, 2025

Book Review: "Hansel and Gretel," retold by Stephen King; illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen follow the breadcrumbs.

New York Times Books
Aug 28, 2025

Joan Mellen, Whose Bobby Knight Biography Sparked Debate, Dies at 83
Some sportswriters accused her of "deifying" Indiana's irascible basketball coach. A professor of English, she also wrote about Marilyn Monroe and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

New York Times Books
Aug 28, 2025

5 Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New York Times Books
Aug 28, 2025

A Summer Camp for Grown-Ups Where Reading is the Favorite Activity
These women met in an online book club. They traveled to a remote corner of Maine to read together. It was oddly moving.

New York Times Books
Aug 28, 2025

Joy Bivins on Her Favorite Books and the Schomburg Center's Centennial
But there is a place for the Bible, says the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, which is celebrating its centennial.

New York Times Books
Aug 27, 2025

Splendid New Historical Fiction
Our columnist on four notable novels.

New York Times Books
Aug 27, 2025

Gérard Chaliand, Intrepid Authority on Geopolitics, Dies at 91
His considerable influence in the French-speaking world was based on an unusual attribute: He had actually been to the revolutions he wrote about.

New York Times Books
Aug 27, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Second Emancipation,' by Howard W. French
In a new book, the journalist Howard W. French tells the story of decolonization and pan-Africanism through the life of Ghana's visionary first leader, Kwame Nkrumah.

New York Times Books
Aug 27, 2025

At This Summer Camp, Reading Brings Bad Bitches Together
They met in an online book group. They traveled to a remote corner of Maine to read together. It was oddly moving.

New York Times Books
Aug 27, 2025

The Bad Bitch Book Club Goes to Camp
They met in an online book group. They traveled to a remote corner of Maine to read together. It was oddly moving.

New York Times Books
Aug 27, 2025

Is A.I. a Dire Threat or a Lot of Hype? Three New Books Span the Gamut.
Three new books run the gamut from dismissive to alarmed about our automated future.

New York Times Books
Aug 26, 2025

Jonathan Karp to Step Down as Head of Simon & Schuster
Jonathan Karp, the chief executive since 2020, will oversee a new imprint that publishes six books year.

New York Times Books
Aug 26, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Broken King,' by Michael Thomas
The writer Michael Thomas recounts his struggles, successes and fraught family history in mesmerizing detail.

New York Times Books
Aug 26, 2025

25 New Books to Read in September: Dan Brown, Elizabeth Gilbert, Arundhati Roy and More
Novels by Richard Osman and Patricia Lockwood, memoirs by Elizabeth Gilbert and Arundhati Roy, the continued adventures of Robert Langdon and more.

New York Times Books
Aug 26, 2025

25 New Books to Read in September: Richard Osman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dan Brown and more
Novels by Richard Osman and Patricia Lockwood, memoirs by Elizabeth Gilbert and Arundhati Roy, the continued adventures of Robert Langdon and more.

New York Times Books
Aug 26, 2025

Book Review: ‘A Truce That Is Not Peace,' by Miriam Toews
"A Truce That Is Not Peace," the Canadian novelist's first nonfiction book since 2001, is a discursive reflection on her father's and sister's suicides, 10 years apart.

New York Times Books
Aug 26, 2025

Book Review: ‘Hothouse Bloom,' by Austyn Wohlers
Austyn Wohlers's novel, "Hothouse Bloom," sets a solitary woman's reawakening in a setting steeped in biblical imagery.

New York Times Books
Aug 25, 2025

Epstein Accuser's Family Takes Issue With Plans to Publish Her Memoir
Relatives of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died earlier this year, contend that the book underplays the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband.

New York Times Books
Aug 25, 2025

Book Review: ‘Vulture,' by Phoebe Greenwood
"Vulture," by Phoebe Greenwood, follows a journalist's downward spiral in Gaza.

New York Times Books
Aug 25, 2025

7 Uncanny Thrillers That Dial Up the Paranoia
Tales of body-snatching aliens and apocalyptic super-flus by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and more double as time capsules of American fear.

New York Times Books
Aug 24, 2025

Starling Lawrence, Editor Who Uncovered Best Sellers, Dies at 82
He discovered and nurtured Michael Lewis, Sebastian Junger and many other authors. He had, Mr. Lewis said, "the storytelling equivalent of perfect pitch."

New York Times Books
Aug 24, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Martians,' by David Baron
Life on the red planet? "Bosh and nonsense," said one astronomer. But according to "The Martians," plenty of self-appointed experts argued otherwise.

New York Times Books
Aug 24, 2025

Book Review: ‘Katabasis,' by R.F. Kuang
A graduate student must venture into the underworld to save the professor she accidentally killed in this bold new novel.

New York Times Books
Aug 23, 2025

Spy Novels: A Starter Pack
Interested in espionage fiction, but don't know where to start? Let our expert guide you.

New York Times Books
Aug 23, 2025

Spy Fiction: Where to Start if You're Interested
Interested in espionage fiction, but don't know where to start? Let our expert guide you.

New York Times Books
Aug 23, 2025

Jen Hatmaker's Life Exploded in Middle Age. So She Built a Better One.
"It's like I woke up halfway through my life."

New York Times Books
Aug 23, 2025

Book Review: ‘Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler,' by Susana M. Morris
A new biography by Susana M. Morris reveals the struggles, passions and triumphs that shaped the science fiction icon and her books.

New York Times Books
Aug 22, 2025

Book Club: ‘Wild Dark Shore,' by Charlotte McConaghy
Charlotte McConaghy's novel about one isolated family, a mysterious stranger and the secrets they all hold is just the thing for late summer.

New York Times Books
Aug 22, 2025

Greg Iles, Novelist Who Wrote About Race in Mississippi, Dies at 65
In his best-selling books, notably the "Natchez Burning" trilogy, he addressed what one reviewer called "the pervasive impact of past events."

New York Times Books
Aug 22, 2025

Book Club: Read ‘Pride and Prejudice,' by Jane Austen, With the Book Review
In September, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Jane Austen's classic, about the tortured romance of two people frazzled by miscommunications and assumptions.

New York Times Books
Aug 22, 2025

Denmark Wants Kids to Read More. Will a Tax Cut Help?
With the country facing a "reading crisis," the Danish government plans to exempt books from a 25 percent value-added tax.

New York Times Books
Aug 22, 2025

Books About Siblings for Children of All Ages
My sister and I fought so bitterly over our copy of "Little Women" that our mother had to buy a second one. Obviously, we didn't learn much from the story.

New York Times Books
Aug 21, 2025

6 Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New York Times Books
Aug 21, 2025

Facing a ‘Reading Crisis,' Denmark Wants to Make Books Cheaper
The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.

New York Times Books
Aug 21, 2025

Sonallah Ibrahim, Egyptian Novelist of Irony and Dissent, Dies at 88
Starting with "That Smell" in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.

New York Times Books
Aug 21, 2025

Unreleased Beatles Demos and Footage to Be Shared This Fall
This episode goes behind the scenes of the 1995 documentary; new mixes of "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" are coming out; and an updated book is due.

New York Times Books
Aug 21, 2025

Interview: David Adjmi on His Favorite Books and His Award-Winning Play ‘Stereophonic'
"Not her politics, but the relentlessness and archness of her characters," says the prizewinning playwright behind "Stereophonic," which is now up in London.

New York Times Books
Aug 21, 2025

Best Haunted House Books, According to Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The best-selling horror and fantasy author recommends books about the terrors that lurk under the stairs.

New York Times Books
Aug 20, 2025

Sizzling New Romance Books
Our critic says Regina Black's "August Lane" is the best book she's read this year.

New York Times Books
Aug 20, 2025

Book Review: ‘Born in Flames,' by Bench Ansfield
"Born in Flames," by the historian Bench Ansfield, recounts how the wave of urban arson in the 1970s devastated poor communities while enriching building owners.

New York Times Books
Aug 20, 2025

What Richard Hofstadter Tells Us About the American University in Crisis.
Political challenges to elite colleges have long been a feature of life in the United States. A 1963 book helps show us why.

New York Times Books
Aug 19, 2025

Seeking Simplicity? These Books Will Help You Banish Clutter
Clean home, clean mind. Or at least you can try, with the help of several tomes about doing more with less.

New York Times Books
Aug 19, 2025

How Ian Fleming and His Spy Scheme Inspired a Broadway Show
The musical "Operation Mincemeat" tells the story of an absurd feat of deception dreamed up by this spy-turned-novelist. His real acts of espionage were even wilder.

New York Times Books
Aug 19, 2025

Book Review: ‘Fetishized,' by Kaila Yu
Kaila Yu's "Fetishized" is a candid and intimate memoir of the exoticized Asian body.

New York Times Books
Aug 19, 2025

Book Review: ‘Baldwin: A Love Story,' by Nicholas Boggs
In "Baldwin: A Love Story," Nicholas Boggs goes far beyond other scholars in tracing Baldwin's relationships and their role in his work.

New York Times Books
Aug 18, 2025

The Case for or Against Exercise: A Reader's Quandary
Turning to books for workout inspiration is probably a terrible idea.

New York Times Books
Aug 18, 2025

Twisty New Psychological Thrillers
Our columnist on three notable new novels.

New York Times Books
Aug 18, 2025

Book Review: ‘Whites: Stories,' by Mark Doten
Mark Doten's new book examines a contemporary American culture that routinely defies satire.

New York Times Books
Aug 17, 2025

Book Review: ‘Strong Roots,' by Olia Hercules
The food writer Olia Hercules proves to be a great cook and a powerful family historian in "Strong Roots."

New York Times Books
Aug 17, 2025

Book Review: ‘Dominion,' by Addie E. Citchens
"Dominion," by Addie E. Citchens, recounts the many sins of a prominent household in a Mississippi town.

New York Times Books
Aug 16, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Quiet Ear,' by Raymond Antrobus
In a new memoir, the British poet Raymond Antrobus describes the ways deafness has profoundly shaped his world.

New York Times Books
Aug 16, 2025

Elliot Ackerman's New Book "Sheepdogs" is a Comic Caper Novel
Elliot Ackerman, a Marine veteran and prolific author, switched gears with "Sheepdogs," a caper story featuring down-on-their-luck ex-military buddies.

New York Times Books
Aug 15, 2025

Robin Lakoff, Expert on Language and Gender, Is Dead at 82
In arguing that language enforces the power imbalance between the sexes, she inspired an entire academic field.

New York Times Books
Aug 15, 2025

Book Review: ‘Black Moses,' by Caleb Gayle
"Black Moses," by Caleb Gayle, recounts the story of Edward McCabe, who dreamed of establishing a haven for Black settlers on the Western frontier.

New York Times Books
Aug 15, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Sky Was My Blanket,' by Uri Shulevitz, and ‘The Teacher of Nomad Land,' by Daniel Nayeri
A memoir by the late Uri Shulevitz that reads like an adventure novel and a novel by Daniel Nayeri that feels utterly real.

New York Times Books
Aug 14, 2025

8 Books Our Editors Love This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New York Times Books
Aug 14, 2025

Book Review: ‘Rope,' by Tim Queeney
In "Rope," Tim Queeney makes a case for the humble material as the tie that binds human history.

New York Times Books
Aug 14, 2025

This Wedding Singer Has Co-Written a Novel, and the Songs That Go With It
Along with his side gig, Jens Lekman has put out five albums. Now he's collaborated with David Levithan on the novel "Songs for Other People's Weddings."

New York Times Books
Aug 14, 2025

Interview: Louis Sachar on His Favorite Books and ‘The Magician of Tiger Castle'
He was 40 years old, "so I decided to rewrite it and make it for adults." He's now the title character of "The Magician of Tiger Castle."

New York Times Books
Aug 14, 2025

9 Science Fiction Books That Will Take You on an Epic Journey
The author of the Red Rising series recommends books cloaked in myth that use fantastic adventures to explore what it means to be human.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

Patrick Bateman Is Now an Unironic Style Icon. Are People Missing the Joke?
Patrick Bateman, the titular ‘American Psycho', was written as satire. He's also the inspiration for a new perfume and bar.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas
A visit to the turbulent coastline of County Donegal reveals a place where the Welsh poet found creative enrichment in the summer of 1935.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

A Fictional ‘Psycho' Is Now a Style Icon. Are People Missing the Joke?
Patrick Bateman, the titular ‘American Psycho', was written as satire. He's also the inspiration for a new perfume and bar.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

Book Review: ‘Little World,' by Josephine Rowe
Josephine Rowe's slim, atmospheric novel "Little World" connects disparate characters through the traveling corpse of a young girl.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

New Crime Books
Our columnist on four notable new crime novels.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

New Crime Novels
Our columnist on four notable new crime novels.

New York Times Books
Aug 13, 2025

Book Review: ‘Writers Revealed,' by Alexandra Ault and Catharine MacLeod
A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history.

New York Times Books
Aug 12, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Grand Paloma Resort,' by Cleyvis Natera
Cleyvis Natera's novel "The Grand Paloma Resort" combines fast-paced suspense, class distinctions and colonial history in a breathless seven-day trip to the Dominican Republic.

New York Times Books
Aug 12, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Gossip Columnist's Daughter,' by Peter Orner
"The Gossip Columnist's Daughter," by Peter Orner, revives an unsolved mystery involving Chicagoland royalty.

New York Times Books
Aug 12, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Gods of New York,' by Jonathan Mahler
Jonathan Mahler's new book portrays the city's rebirth as a glitzy capital of global finance — and a petri dish of ego, ambition and class division.

New York Times Books
Aug 12, 2025

Book Review: ‘To Lose a War,' by Jon Lee Anderson
A new book by the veteran correspondent Jon Lee Anderson captures a long war's noble goals and crippling missteps.

New York Times Books
Aug 11, 2025

New Books About Iran and the Middle East Offer Warnings on Leadership
In these books, soldiers and experts weigh in on the disorder they've found in some of the most consequential war rooms in the world.

New York Times Books
Aug 11, 2025

Book Review: ‘Ruth,' by Kate Riley
"Ruth," by Kate Riley, is an absorbing novel about a woman torn between curiosity and purity.

New York Times Books
Aug 11, 2025

Warnings About Leadership and War in the Middle East
In these books, soldiers and experts weigh in on the disorder they've found in some of the most consequential war rooms in the world.

New York Times Books
Aug 11, 2025

10 Books Like ‘The Gilded Age'
If you're reeling after the final episode of Season 3 or looking for more sumptuous drama, these books will get you through to the next season.

New York Times Books
Aug 10, 2025

Book Review: ‘Sloppy,' by Rax King
In her second essay collection, "Sloppy," the writer and social media personality Rax King embraces the mess of living imperfectly.

New York Times Books
Aug 10, 2025

Book Review: ‘Friends Until the End,' by James Grant
In "Friends Until the End," James Grant explores the political passions and inspiring oratory of the British parliamentarians Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.

New York Times Books
Aug 10, 2025

Book Review: ‘Dogs,' by C. Mallon
In C. Mallon's novel, a teenager's night out with friends dissolves into a collision of catastrophes.

New York Times Books
Aug 09, 2025

Book Review: ‘Seduction Theory,' by Emily Adrian
In Emily Adrian's "Seduction Theory," two married creative writing professors have parallel affairs, with very different outcomes.

New York Times Books
Aug 08, 2025

This Reporter Can Tell Us What Nuclear Apocalypse Looks Like
Annie Jacobsen discusses her 2024 book "Nuclear War: A Scenario."

New York Times Books
Aug 08, 2025

She Was No Beauty, but This Gilded Age Hostess Knew How to Party
"Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time" chronicles the champagne decadence and wicked wit of the New York society doyenne Mamie Fish.

New York Times Books
Aug 08, 2025

Book Review: ‘This Kind of Trouble,' by Tochi Eze
Tochi Eze's novel, "This Kind of Trouble," circles between 2000s Atlanta and 1900s Nigeria in a sweeping story of colonialism and its aftershocks.

New York Times Books
Aug 08, 2025

Book Review: ‘We Live Here Now,' by C.D. Rose
The novel "We Live Here Now" tracks the uncanny experiences of people connected to a mysterious installation artist.

New York Times Books
Aug 08, 2025

Book Review: ‘Rehab: An American Scandal,' by Shoshana Walter
A new book by the journalist Shoshana Walter brings needed scrutiny to bear on America's drug treatment system.

New York Times Books
Aug 08, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense,' by Wolverton Hill; illustrated by Laura Carlin
Edward Lear, author of "The Owl and the Pussy-cat" and "A Book of Nonsense," felt such a kinship with parrots that he wished he could become one.

New York Times Books
Aug 07, 2025

Michael Lydon, Writer Who Rocked With the 1960s, Dies at 82
A founding editor of Rolling Stone and a seasoned music journalist, he spent time with the Beatles and toured with the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones.

New York Times Books
Aug 07, 2025

8 Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New York Times Books
Aug 07, 2025

Sallie Bingham, Author at the Center of a Newspaper Drama, Dies at 88
A novelist and memoirist, she famously clashed with a brother, leading to the fall of a Kentucky publishing dynasty that her paternal grandfather established in 1918.

New York Times Books
Aug 07, 2025

Elizabeth McGovern as a Sultry Bombshell? This Isn't ‘Downton Abbey.'
"It's very liberating to take off that psychological corset," the actress said of portraying the rambunctious Hollywood star Ava Gardner onstage.

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