I Gave My Son the Books I Loved. He Chose ‘Heidi’ Instead.
What a 19th-century Swiss novel, and a young fan’s pilgrimage to the Alps, taught me about fatherhood.
Bruce Degen, Who Drew ‘The Magic School Bus,’ Dies at 79
He memorably portrayed a frizzy-haired science teacher roping her elementary school class into adventures aboard a shape-shifting yellow bus.
Book Review: ‘Talkin’ Greenwich Village,’ by David Browne
In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street.
Book Review: ‘Didion & Babitz,’ by Lili Anolik
In a dual biography, the journalist Lili Anolik casts the two writers as opposite sides of the same ambitious, 1960s-Hollywood coin.
Book Review: ‘Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel,’ by Edwin Frank
In “Stranger Than Fiction,” Edwin Frank maps a path from Dostoyevsky to Sebald, finding mystical power and surprising ties among 20th-century writers.
Book Review: ‘Her Lotus Year,’ by Paul French
As Paul French argues in a new biography, the future Duchess of Windsor’s year in China was less lurid — and more interesting — than her critics knew.
Book Review: ‘The Magnificent Ruins,’ by Nayantara Roy
In “The Magnificent Ruins,” an Indian expatriate reunites with her estranged family after her grandfather unexpectedly made her heir to his estate.
Book Review: ‘Seeing Further,’ by Esther Kinsky
Esther Kinsky reflects on the nature of seeing in a book about an old cinema in Hungary.
Book Review: ‘Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music,’ by Rob Sheffield
In “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,” Rob Sheffield chronicles how Taylor Swift has made fans, foes and even journalists part of her story.
Dorothy Allison, Author of ‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ Dies at 75
She wrote lovingly and often hilariously about her harrowing childhood in a working-class Southern family, as well as about the violence and incest she suffered.
What It’s Like to Write a New John le Carré Novel
Nick Harkaway is an accomplished author who also happens to be le Carré’s son. In his latest book, “Karla’s Choice,” he revisits his father’s great spy protagonist, George Smiley.
Book Review: ‘Us Fools,’ by Nora Lange
“Us Fools,” by Nora Lange, is a tale of two sisters living through the diseased expanse of the country’s recent history.
Book Review: ‘Freedom Braids,’ by Monique Duncan, and ‘The Magic Callaloo,’ by Trish Cooke
In “Freedom Braids” and “The Magic Callaloo,” young girls follow cornrowed maps to escape slavery.
Read Your Way Through Shanghai
Shanghai straddles the past and the future, a dizzying prism of many histories and cultures. The poet Sally Wen Mao shares books that illuminate this cosmopolitan city.
5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In Tumultuous Times, Readers Turn to ‘Healing Fiction’
Cozy, whimsical novels — often featuring magical cats — that have long been popular in Japan and Korea are taking off globally. Fans say they offer comfort during a chaotic time.
A Conversation With Winnie-the-Pooh on the 100th Anniversary of A.A. Milne’s ‘When We Were Very Young’
An imagined chat with Pooh commemorates the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s “When We Were Very Young.”
Children’s Search-and-Find Picture Books
Perhaps the ultimate test is whether it merits a reread, even after all the objects have been found.
Interview: Jean Hanff Korelitz on ‘The Sequel' and Her Reading Life
A novel within a novel fueled her hit thriller, “The Plot.” Keeping the stories straight was even harder for “The Sequel.”
How Uvalde’s Newspaper Kept Going, Despite Unimaginable Loss
Craig Garnett, the publisher of The Uvalde Leader-News, opens up about covering a tragedy that was — and is — too close to home.
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