Book Review: ‘A Haunting on the Hill,’ by Elizabeth Hand
Apparitions, black hares and time warps festoon the pages of Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill,” set in the same moldering mansion as Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel.
‘Lies and Sorcery,’ by Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante’s propulsive 1940s saga of women’s lives, “Lies and Sorcery,” brings its penetrating insight to a new generation.
Book Review: ‘Death Valley,’ by Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder’s “Death Valley” follows a grieving narrator through her reconnection to the earth.
Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87
Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.
Two Books About Grit and Grime
A Hollywood memoir; a call-girl novel
Gabriela Wiener Does Not Care if You Don’t See Her Writing as Literature
The Peruvian author wants to “decolonize” everything — starting with her body and her family. Her latest book, “Undiscovered,” investigates the 19th-century European explorer that shares her last name.
Ed Begley Jr. Can Tell You the 3 Best Comedies of All Time
The actor and environmentalist considered hiring a ghostwriter for help with his memoir, then realized as he was writing things down, “This is too much fun.”
Book Review: ‘Collision of Power,’ by Martin Baron
“Collision of Power,” Martin Baron’s memoir of his tenure as the paper’s executive editor, is a gripping chronicle of politics and journalism in a period of instability for both.
Book Review: ‘Brutalities,’ by Margo Steines
In “Brutalities: A Love Story,” Margo Steines chronicles her lifelong fixation with being hurt — and shows herself some compassion.
Book Review: ‘Extremely Online,’ by Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz’s “Extremely Online” charts the internet phenomena that have shaped the 21st century, focusing not on the platforms but on the users.
Two Books on Witches
In Allyson Stone’s “Ashes and Stones” and Diana Helmuth’s “The Witching Year,” authors confront ancient stereotypes through modern eyes.
Book Review: ‘Sparks,’ by Ian Johnson
In “Sparks,” the journalist Ian Johnson chronicles the methods and motivations of the activists trying to preserve a record of the atrocities of the past.
Legal Arrangement in ‘Blind Side’ Case Is Terminated
A judge ended a nearly 20-year-old conservatorship that had given a couple broad authority over the affairs of the former N.F.L. player Michael Oher.
An Audiobooks Bonanza
Book Review editors discuss their love of listening to books out loud.
Book Review: ‘Coming and Going,’ by Jim Goldberg
“Coming and Going” is the photographer Jim Goldberg’s visual memoir of three generations in his family, from 1980 to today.
Newly Published, From Children’s Books to Surveillance Software
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: “There Was a Party for Langston: King o’ Letters,” by Jason Reynolds, and “Harlem at Four,” by Michael Datcher
Debut picture books by Jason Reynolds and Michael Datcher celebrate the cultural history of a neighborhood.
Book Review: ‘How to Say Babylon,’ by Safiya Sinclair
In “How to Say Babylon,” Safiya Sinclair recalls her ascetic Jamaican upbringing and the literature that opened up her world.
Book Review: ‘The Maniac,’ by Benjamín Labatut
Benjamín Labatut’s novel “The Maniac” examines the dawn of the nuclear age and the brilliant, sometimes troubled minds behind it.
Book Reviews: ‘Flee North,’ by Scott Shane; ‘Golda Meir,’ by Deborah Lipstadt; ‘The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel,’ by Douglas Brunt; and ‘The Sister,’ by Sung-Yoon Lee.
New biographies by Scott Shane, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Douglas Brunt and Sung-Yoon Lee tell the stories of people working through, under or above different kinds of power.
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