The Italian writer’s first book, a novella originally published in 1942, establishes the themes — including thwarted desire and the challenges of family life — for which she became known.
In a breezy new history of personal branding, Tara Isabella Burton comes face to face with Oscar Wilde, Frederick Douglass, Kim Kardashian and more.
In “The Beach at Summerly,” Beatriz Williams weaves two standbys of summer fiction into one escapist story.
In her new novel, “Little Monsters,” Adrienne Brodeur takes readers on a stressful march toward a patriarch’s 70th birthday party.
In Thao Thai’s debut novel, “Banyan Moon,” the contentious relationship between a mother and daughter comes to a head when their family’s beloved matriarch dies.
In a new book, Michael Finkel tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, “perhaps the most successful and prolific art thief who has ever lived.”
Two giants of the literary world died last week. In this episode, the Book Review celebrates their lives.
In “Planta Sapiens,” Paco Calvo addresses our “plant blindness.”
Want to dip your brain into a jar of serotonin?
Between 1984 and 1990, Tria Giovan captured everyday life on the Lower East Side.
Stories, both new and evergreen, to help children of divorce heal.
Stories, both new and evergreen, to help children of divorce heal.
In “White House by the Sea,” Kate Storey gives readers a comprehensive tour of the summer home beloved by a certain political clan.
A selection of recently published books.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
He wrote extensively about the design of buildings and bridges and how they failed. He also examined the history of commonplace objects like the pencil.
In a wide-ranging new book, the scholar Jackson Lears locates a “countercultural” hunger for vigor and spontaneity on the trading floor, the dance floor and beyond.
Six opinionated writers debate — and define — the state of L.G.B.T.Q. writing in order to make a list of the most essential works of fiction, poetry and drama right now.
“Old illustrated ones are critical for research,” says the author and spy novelist, four of whose early novels are being reissued this month. “You’d be amazed how often roads move and names change.”
When the author of “The Paris Daughter” announced her breast cancer diagnosis, the Friends & Fiction community rallied.
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