Book Review: ‘Family Lore,’ by Elizabeth Acevedo
In Elizabeth Acevedo’s new novel, a family grapples with life and grief after their sister, who can predict death, decides to host a wake for herself.
Book Review: ‘Flirting With Danger,’ by Janet Wallach
In “Flirting With Danger,” Janet Wallach tells the story of Marguerite Harrison, who traded a life of privilege to become America’s first international female spy.
New Voices Dominate Booker Prize Nominations
Four of the 13 books that will compete for the prestigious literary award are debuts, in a longlist that the judges said was “defined by its freshness.”
Book Review: ‘Christendom,’ by Peter Heather
In “Christendom,” the medievalist Peter Heather takes on a crucial millennium.
Obsessed with the Ocean, Susan Casey Takes the Plunge
Susan Casey has long been enchanted by the deep ocean. For her book “The Underworld,” she finally got to visit that unforgiving landscape herself.
Book Review: ‘Witness,’ by Jamel Brinkley
In his new story collection, Jamel Brinkley investigates the impact of seeing and being seen.
Book Review: ‘Tom Lake,’ by Ann Patchett
This time the celebrated novelist spins the cozy tale of a former actress, her three daughters and their rueful memories. There’s a cherry orchard, too.
Book Review: ‘Whalefall,’ by Daniel Kraus
In Daniel Kraus’s “Whalefall,” a scuba diver, inadvertently swallowed alive by a 60-ton sperm whale, tries to escape.
Back in the Saddle and Out on the Water
A critic recommends old and new titles.
Essay: D.H. Lawrence and the Search for the ‘Essential American Soul’
Inflamed, impertinent and deeply insightful, D.H. Lawrence’s “Studies in Classic American Literature” remains startlingly relevant 100 years after it was originally published.
Mari Ruti, Scholar of Gender, Sexuality and More, Dies at 59
Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.
Why Is It So Darn Hot?
Jennifer Szalai discusses recent books about natural history, and Jeff Goodell talks about his new climate change book, “The Heat Will Kill You First.”
14 New Books Coming in August
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92
Her research proved that a 19th-century book presumed to be a novel by a white woman was actually an autobiography by a formerly enslaved Black woman.
Book Review: ‘A Good House for Children,’ by Kate Collins; ‘I Will Greet the Sun Again,’ by Khashayar J. Khabushani; ‘All-Night Pharmacy,’ by Ruth Madievsky
From a house haunted by phantom children to younger siblings haunted by sexual trauma, three new novels feature protagonists struggling to be or raise kids.
Book Review: ‘Schoenberg: Why He Matters,’ by Harvey Sachs
John Adams reviews “Schoenberg: Why He Matters,” in which Harvey Sachs explores the artistic, academic and spiritual life of a 20th-century cultural giant.
14 New Books Coming in August
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
New Historical Fiction Books
These novels remind us of old-fashioned human connections that can’t be severed, for better or worse.
Audiobook review: ‘What the Dead Know,’ by Barbara Butcher; ‘The Forgotten Girls,’ by Monica Potts; ‘Pageboy,’ by Elliot Page
Three recent audiobooks feature authors narrating their own personal stories, directly into your ear.
Bruce Handy on Becoming a Children’s Picture Book Author in His 60s
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”
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