Simon & Schuster Board Announced: Members Come from Disney, TikTok and Publishing
The publisher’s new board of directors has expertise spanning the life cycle of a book.
A Book Club Took 28 Years to Read ‘Finnegans Wake.’ Now, It’s Starting Over.
The group in California started on the notoriously challenging novel by James Joyce in 1995. In October, it reached the end.
In Geddy Lee’s Memoir, Family Is the Constant Refrain
At 512 pages, “My Effin’ Life” has its share of Rush lore. But the most memorable parts of the singer and bassist’s book are about survival.
Book Review: ‘Into Siberia,’ by Gregory Wallance
“Into Siberia” traces the journalist George Kennan’s long-forgotten trip to Russia in 1885.
These Poems
The act of being inspired by others is akin to collecting pebbles of experience, letting them escape into flowing consciousness and resurfacing them again in one’s writing.
Interview: Sigrid Nunez
“A great story casts a spell,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Vulnerables.” “It can enthrall you so completely that you not only forget that you’re stuck between two manspreaders in a noisy, crowded, smelly subway car but miss your stop.”
Book Review: ‘Falling Rocket,’ by Paul Thomas Murphy
Paul Thomas Murphy’s “Falling Rocket” focuses on the explosive trial that divided the London art world.
His ‘Dracula’ Project: Creating a Funny Vampire
The great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker has written a comic version of “Dracula” that is appearing Off Broadway.
Best Horror Books of 2023
It was an amazing year for horror. Here are 10 great titles that stood out.
Read Your Way Through Madrid
Like many who call Madrid home, Elena Medel was born elsewhere, but forged her identity in the Spanish capital. Here, she recommends books about this city that “refuses to be reduced to an ideal.”
‘Life & Times of Michael K’ Review: An Arduous Trek That’s a Marvel to Watch
This captivating adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel, a collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, follows a man and his ailing mother during a civil war in South Africa.
Book Review: ‘Yours for the Taking,’ by Gabrielle Korn
In Gabrielle Korn’s debut novel, “Yours for the Taking,” a feminist cultural icon runs a lifesaving artificial habitat, but a secret, and controversial, agenda guides her project.
Winona Ryder Fans Celebrate New Photo Book of the ‘Eternal Cool Girl’
Fashionistas and celebrities gathered for a new book filled with candid shots of the understated Gen X star.
Book Review: ‘Orbital,’ by Samantha Harvey
Samantha Harvey’s fifth novel, “Orbital,” follows a day in the life of six international astronauts circling Earth on a space station.
Best Historical Fiction Books of 2023
It’s been a roller coaster of a year. Thankfully, we’ve had novels to whisk us to days gone by, even if those eras had their own highs and lows.
Book Review: ‘Flores and Miss Paula,’ by Melissa Rivero
In “Flores and Miss Paula,” Melissa Rivero takes readers inside a Brooklyn apartment where family ties are uncomfortably snug.
Best Crime Books of 2023
Our columnist picks the year’s best.
Book Review: ‘The Happy Couple,’ by Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan’s “The Happy Couple” follows 20-something Dubliners hurtling toward the altar, stubbornly clinging to their self-delusions that this is what they want.
Book Review: ‘Becoming Ella,’ by Judith Tick
A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career.
Inside Literary Prize Will Be Judged by Prison Inmates
Over the next six months, inmates in prisons around the country will be able to debate and vote on the winner of a new book award — the Inside Literary Prize.
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