Bebe Buell, Rock ’n’ Roll Muse, Sings Her Own Song
Decades after those wild nights at Max’s Kansas City and her many rock-star romances, she is making the case for herself.
Newly Published, From Roller Disco to ‘Frankenstein’ With Dinosaurs
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘Homegrown,’ by Jeffrey Toobin
“Homegrown,” by Jeffrey Toobin, revisits the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, finding ominous parallels between the bomber’s anti-government extremism and the views of Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
Book Review: ‘The Covenant of Water,’ by Abraham Verghese
“The Covenant of Water” follows three generations of a close-knit and haunted family in southwestern India.
Book Review: ‘The Story of Art Without Men,’ by Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel’s “The Story of Art Without Men” is a compendium of female artists from the 1500s to today.
A ‘Greenwich Village’ on the Prairie
When Mari Sandoz, chronicler of frontier life, fled the Sandhills of Nebraska, she found fertile creative ground among the poets and artists of Lincoln. Exploring her world.
Is Annie Ernaux the Most Brutally Honest Writer Alive?
The Nobel laureate shows how women can write about every aspect of their lives — their pride, their sexuality, their shame — and still be taken seriously.
Healing the Unsung Healers
In Sarah DiGregorio’s “Taking Care,” the author explores the history, culture and crucial importance of nurses.
Book Review: ‘Homebodies,’ by Tembe Denton-Hurst
In Tembe Denton-Hurst’s new novel, “Homebodies,” a young woman loses her New York media job and must figure out how to restart her life.
Book Review: ‘The World at My Back,’ by Thomas Melle
“The World at My Back,” by the German writer Thomas Melle, presents the details of his psychotic breakdowns and their painful aftermaths.
Book Review: ‘Shy,’ by Max Porter
“Shy,” by Max Porter, offers a look inside the multidimensional consciousness of a troubled young man.
Book Review: ‘His Majesty’s Airship,’ by S.C. Gwynne
In “His Majesty’s Airship,” S.C. Gwynne tells of the doomed dirigible R101, and the man behind a disaster.
13 New Books Coming in May
A landmark biography of Martin Luther King Jr., Tom Hanks’s debut novel, a dystopian work of fiction about the prison industrial complex and more.
Book Review: ‘Death of an Author,’ by Aidan Marchine
“Death of an Author” is a murder mystery coaxed from artificial-intelligence tools like ChatGPT.
Book Review: ‘The Ferryman,’ by Justin Cronin
In Justin Cronin’s novel “The Ferryman,” residents of enjoy respectable, cultured lives — until their memories are wiped.
Book Review: ‘Traffic,’ by Ben Smith
In “Traffic,” the journalist Ben Smith chronicles the nerdy genius, driven egos and moral experimentation of the internet’s contagious media pioneers.
Book Review: ‘La Tercera,’ by Gina Apostol
Gina Apostol’s new novel, “La Tercera,” is about a writer and her ancestry, but its most profound preoccupation is language.
Critic’s Notebook: Rediscovering Ursula Parrott and ‘Ex-Wife’
A reissue of Ursula Parrott’s racy novel “Ex-Wife,” and a new biography of its author, remind us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention.
Book Review: ‘Birth,’ by Rebecca Grant
In “Birth,” Rebecca Grant examines the experience of childbirth in the United States through the experiences of three women.
New Thrillers From William Landay, Nathan Oates and Juan Gómez-Jurado
Our thrillers columnist on three new nail-biters.
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