For Latin American Women, Horror and Fantasy Capture Everyday Struggle
Aiming to unsettle readers and offer social critique, writers like Samanta Schweblin and Mónica Ojeda are in a new vanguard.
Book Review: ‘Wild: The Life of Peter Beard’
A dishy biography of the photographer and playboy Peter Beard never fully explains why so many in the artist’s circle overlooked so much bad behavior.
Book Excerpt: The Grandest Stage A History of the World Series
In his new book, Tyler Kepner digs into the history of the Fall Classic, including a look at unheralded players who stepped up for their teams at exactly the right time.
Book Review: ‘Dinosaurs,’ by Lydia Millet
In Lydia Millet’s 13th novel, “Dinosaurs,” a middle-aged oil heir leaves behind heartbreak in New York City for the “alien beauty” of the Arizona desert.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Polished Wood and the Zodiac of Dorian Gray
Our critic recommends old and new books.
Book Review: ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology,’ by Chris Miller
Silicon chips power everything from cars and toys to phones and nukes. “Chip War,” by Chris Miller, recounts the rise of the chip industry and the outsize geopolitical implications of its ascendancy.
Book Review: ‘Morgenthau,’ by Andrew Meier
A sprawling book by the journalist Andrew Meier traces four generations of epoch-making Morgenthaus, culminating in the life of the borough’s longest-serving district attorney.
New Crime Fiction
The mystery driving “The Maze” is a fascinating one, but the main character? He’s an insufferable jerk.
Book Review: “[To] the Last [Be] Human,” by Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham’s new book, an omnibus volume of her last four collections, shows that some themes have been present in her career from the start.
Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley
Nicholas Buccola talks about “The Fire Is Upon Us,” and Lydia Millet discusses “The Children’s Bible.”
Review: “Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice” by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
It’s who Jackie Robinson and Tommie Smith were off the field that elevates two new books about them.
Book Review: “Savor,” by Fatima Ali
In “Savor,” readers get to know Fatima Ali, the brave woman who was beloved by Food Network audiences and her family.
Book Review: ‘A Ballet of Lepers,’ by Leonard Cohen
A posthumous release of the songwriter’s unseen novel and stories from the 1950s reveals his nascent fascination with human frailty.
‘Luckiest Girl Alive’ Review: Lean In, to Outrage
Mila Kunis plays a successful career woman who faces a horrific incident from her past in this drama based on the novel by Jessica Knoll.
Meredith Tax, Feminist Author, Historian and Activist, Dies at 80
An uncompromising voice in the women’s movement’s second wave, she focused on working-class women and later on women’s rights around the world.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Annie Ernaux Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Ernaux’s writing has spoken particularly to women and to others who, like her, come from a working class seldom depicted with such clarity in literature.
Didier Eribon on Ernaux: She captured ‘in one sentence what I couldn’t say in a page.’
The French philosopher and sociologist said that Ernaux had always been “a great personal inspiration.”
In Annie Ernaux, a Nobel Laureate Who Plumbs Her Own Passions
The French writer, who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, blurs the line between fiction and memoir with spare prose she has characterized as “brutally direct.”
Ernaux makes her memory the muse for books that examine, and re-examine, her life.
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