James Carlos Blake, Novelist of Outlaw Life, Is Dead at 81
His savage fiction, set in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, demonstrated his belief that “violence is the most elemental truth of life.”
Book Review: ‘Fearless and Free,’ by Josephine Baker
“Fearless and Free,” recorded between 1926 and 1949, is full of heroism, glamour, righteous anger — and things you wish you could unsee.
Michael Palin on His Diaries and Adventurous Life
In an interview, the Monty Python veteran looks back on his experiences performing in the revered sketch troupe and touring the world as a travel host.
Mac Barnett on New Editions of Gianni Rodari’s ‘The Grammar of Fantasy’ and ‘Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto’
Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.
Ali Hazelwood’s Best Romance Books Recommendations
These steamy reads bring the emotion and the heat.
Rebecca Yarros’ ‘Onyx Storm’ is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years
The book, the third in a series, has sold 2.7 million copies in its first week, and provided yet another example of the romantasy genre’s staying power.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘Source Code,’ by Bill Gates
A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding.
Americans Feel Isolated. Imani Perry Wants to Help Them Connect.
Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” she continues to challenge perceptions, using the color blue to examine notions of Blackness.
Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires
The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist is taking a break from the future to examine his past — and mulling where the billionaires now fit in.
20 New Books to Read in February: Bill Gates, Ali Smith, TJ Klune and more
Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and TJ Klune; a Booker Prize nominee and more.
Interview: Hanif Kureishi on ‘Shattered’ and His Reading Life
It’s among the more playful matters on his mind in “Shattered,” a memoir of the injury that took away his ability to turn pages — but not his hunger to tell a story.
‘Dean of American Historians’: Ken Burns on William E. Leuchtenburg
One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.
Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90
A prizewinning historian, he, along and his wife, Abigail, was a conservative opponent of racial preferences, favoring school choice and voucher programs instead.
William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102
His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and shaped the postwar years.
New Romance Books
Our columnist on three spicy new releases.
Book Review: ‘Superbloom,’ by Nicholas Carr; ‘The Sirens’ Call,’ by Chris Hayes
“Superbloom,” by Nicholas Carr, and “The Sirens’ Call,” by the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, argue that we are ill equipped to handle the infinite scroll of the information age.
Book Review: ‘Talk,’ by Alison Wood Brooks
In “Talk,” Alison Wood Brooks mines years of data to optimize your conversations.
Book Review: ‘The Suicides,’ by Antonio Di Benedetto
Antonio Di Benedetto’s characters are repellent and constantly frustrated. Why are they so captivating?
Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
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