Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, a Senegal-born writer, has won high praise and top prizes from Paris’s insular publishing establishment. But the novelist wonders: Is it an endorsement or “a way to silence me”?
Dwyer Murphy’s first novel, “An Honest Living,” is an updated detective story immersed in the worlds of rare books and real estate.
In “The Digital Republic,” Jamie Susskind examines how the revolution in communications is threatening democracy — and what can be done about it.
The protagonists of four new middle grade mysteries attempt to uncover secrets about their families and themselves.
Amir Arison stars as a guilt-ridden Afghan refugee brooding over a childhood friendship in a stiff adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel.
She did the artwork for dozens of books, notably “The Pushcart War,” a parable about overcoming bullies, written by her partner, Jean Merrill.
Reading picks from our staff critics and Book Review editors.
In “The Light We Carry,” the former first lady will share her approaches to dealing with challenging times. Her 2018 memoir, “Becoming,” was one of the best-selling books of all time.
The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of words. “The bottom line of the African American people,” Gates said, is “these are people who love language.”
The best-selling author of “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” takes a measured approach to social media. Here’s why.
Two new novels, “Dirt Creek” and “Wake,” are set in remote towns hours from anywhere and on the road to nowhere.
“There’s a temptation to rush through the canon as young as possible,” says the thriller writer, whose new novel is “The It Girl,” “but you can only ever read a book for the first time once, and I like the idea of having that to look forward to.”
Riku Onda’s “Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight,” set over a single night, explores the role a couple may have played in the death of their hiking guide.
The one-day action, unionized employees said, was intended to draw attention to core problems with the publishing industry.
Citing trademark concerns and objections to the author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender issues, the sport’s leading groups officially distanced themselves from their “Harry Potter” roots.
In Ruth Ware’s “It Girl,” a woman whose college roommate was murdered decides to reinvestigate the case.
Michael Crummey, an award-winning author whose poetry and prose explore the region and its capital, St. John’s, shares book recommendations, local vocabulary and where to find a good pint.
Michael Crummey, an award-winning author whose poetry and prose explore the region and its capital, St. John’s, shares book recommendations, local vocabulary and where to find a good pint.
George Dawes Green’s new novel hammers home the ugliness undergirding the city’s flowery, fashionable beauty.
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