Book Review: ‘The Hive,’ by Camilo José Cela
Some 300 characters — bartenders, deadbeats, dreamers — animate Madrid in “The Hive,” by the Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela.
Ari Shapiro Reads Cookbooks for Comfort and Pleasure
“They demand nothing of the reader,” says the host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” whose new book is “The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening.” “And every page has the promise of a happy ending.”
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America
A new biography places the poet Phillis Wheatley in her own time — and in the middle of the current hot debate about the American Revolution and slavery.
And the Oscar Goes to … Books!
The Dolby Theater isn’t the only place where stars gather; they also tend to pop up on the best-seller list. Here are four recent visitors who deserve to take a bow.
Poem #1022
In Borzutzky’s poem, living poems emerge from the departed, and without these expressions, “the dead are assassinated.”
Book Review: ‘We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I,’ by Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh’s highly personal memoir probes a relationship that might have been.
Ari Shapiro Reads Cookbooks for Comfort and Pleasure
“They demand nothing of the reader,” says the host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” whose new book is “The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening.” “And every page has the promise of a happy ending.”
Richard Anobile, Chronicler of the Marx Brothers, Dies at 76
He produced many books about film. But Groucho Marx tried to stop distribution of one collaborative effort because he didn’t like seeing his salty and insulting remarks in print.
14 Books Coming in March
A haunting horror novel set a century ago in the American West, Eleanor Catton’s first novel in a decade, a Ukrainian war diary and much more.
Book Review: ‘Wisconsin Death Trip,’ by Michael Lesy
Michael Lesy’s book of historical photographs and found text offers a singular portrait of American life.
Newly Published, From Uncreative Architecture to Floating Boys
A selection of recently published books.
Review: ‘Letters From Max’ Is a Sacrament of Grief, and a Comedy
The Signature Theater production is based on correspondence between the playwright Sarah Ruhl and a student of hers, who died of cancer at 25.
Book Review: ‘The Emotional Lives of Teenagers,’ by Lisa Damour, and ‘It. Goes. So. Fast.,’ by Mary Louise Kelly
These books examine the experience of living with adolescents — including the good, the bad and the bittersweet.
Penguin Random House Announces New Leadership After a Turbulent Period
The country’s largest publisher has had a rocky few months since a deal to buy a rival fell through, and some of its top executives left.
Book Review: ‘Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld,’ by William Middleton
The fashion world’s hunger for larger-than-life figures glorified the designer. But a cozy new biography shows him to be more business whiz than artist.
Book Review: ‘Empress of the Nile,’ by Lynne Olson
In “Empress of the Nile,” Lynne Olson tells the story of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the archaeologist who broke into a notoriously misogynistic men’s club: Egyptology.
Book Review: ‘Jamie MacGillivray,’ by John Sayles
“Jamie MacGillivray” gives readers a sweeping tour of 18th-century history, from Scotland to the American Colonies.
Book Review: ‘What Napoleon Could Not Do,’ by DK Nnuro, ‘Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation,’ by Camonghne Felix, and ‘A Country You Can Leave,’ by Asale Angel-Ajani
New beginnings are cheerful in theory. Three new books — “What Napoleon Could Not Do,” by DK Nnuro; “Dyscalculia,” by Camonghne Felix; and “A Country You Can Leave,” by Asale Angel-Ajani — showcase what the existential process actually looks like.
Review: ‘Madame Restell,’ by Jennifer Wright
The notorious Madame Restell lived large and fearlessly in a century not so far, far away.
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