Why We Need Bugs
A graphic review of two new books that explain how the world’s insects came to be in peril.
Newly Published, From Banksy to Patrick Radden Keefe
A selection of books published this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “The Shores of Bohemia,” by John Taylor Williams
In “The Shores of Bohemia,” John Taylor Williams explores 50 years in the iconoclastic summer colonies of Cape Cod.
Book Review: “Doctors and Distillers,” by Camper English
In “Doctors and Distillers,” Camper English explores the long-running interconnection between medicine and alcohol in daily life.
Ni Kuang, Novelist and Screenwriter for Martial Arts Films, Dies at 87
Best known for fantastical thrillers that doubled as political allegories, he also wrote hundreds of martial arts films for Bruce Lee and others.
How a Failed Screenwriting Career Forged a Best-Selling Author
Before he wrote “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides tried and tried again to make movies.
Erika L. Sánchez Wishes More Authors Would Write About Money
“I grew up working class and money was a factor in everything we did,” says the poet and novelist, whose new book is the memoir “Crying in the Bathroom.” “That’s why I always write about the financial realities of my characters.”
Erika L. Sánchez Wishes More Authors Would Write About Money
“I grew up working class and money was a factor in everything we did,” says the poet and novelist, whose new book is the memoir “Crying in the Bathroom.” “That’s why I always write about the financial realities of my characters.”
Review: ‘MOTHERS DON’T,’ by Katixa Agirre
The narrator of Katixa Agirre’s “Mothers Don’t” obsesses over a distant acquaintance who murdered her two infant children.
Poem: Sister Song
A longing for and memory of a murdered brother
‘Son of Elsewhere,’ a Funny and Frank Story About Life After a Big Move
In his “memoir in pieces,” Elamin Abdelmahmoud writes about the years after he and his family emigrated from Sudan to Canada when he was 12.
The Shape-Shifting Sherlock Holmes, Now Playing the Villain
The world’s first consulting detective has appeared in many disguises, including clergyman, sailor and old woman. Now, in a new podcast, he is cast as a monster.
With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
Caustic fights over which books belong on the shelves have put librarians at the center of a bitter and widening culture war.
Read Your Way Through Berlin
The German author Daniel Kehlmann, most recently of the novel “Tyll,” recommends books that explore the city’s painful past and dynamic present.
Review: ‘Big Girl,’ by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
In Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s debut novel, an 8-year-old girl in Harlem is forced to change her body to fit someone else’s standard.
Review: ‘The Man Who Could Move Clouds,’ by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
In her debut memoir, Ingrid Rojas Contreras summons stories from the living and the dead to connect her own experiences to those of her Colombian ancestors.
‘Growing Up Getty’ Shakes the Dust Off a Family’s Aristocratic Name
James Reginato’s new book about the oil baron J. Paul Getty and his many descendants argues that the family isn’t especially dysfunctional — by the standards of the very rich.
Book Review: “Human Blues” by Elisa Albert
In “Human Blues,” Elisa Albert explores the lengths one woman will go to for a baby.
Review: ‘The Earthspinner,’ by Anuradha Roy
In Anuradha Roy’s latest novel, several lives are shattered after the creation of a ceramic sculpture in 1970s India.
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