Book Review Podcast: Talking Rebecca Yarros and Barbra Streisand
Alexandra Alter talks about her profile of the best-selling author behind “Fourth Wing” and Alexandra Jacobs discusses her review of “My Name is Barbra.”
Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader
Long before Kindles and iPads became popular, Ruiz Robles, a teacher, created her Mechanical Encyclopedia to help lighten her students’ textbook load.
Book Review: ‘The Little Match Girl Strikes Back,’ by Emma Carroll, and ‘Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door,’ by Cary Fagan
Two new middle grade novels insist Hans Christian Andersen got it all wrong.
Book Review: Mac Barnett on Children’s Picture Books About “Nothing”
From mouse holes and doughnut holes to a world without night, these five picture books have it all.
Book Review: ‘I’m a Fan,’ by Sheena Patel; ‘Candelaria,’ by Melissa Lozada-Oliva; ‘And Then She Fell,’ by Alicia Elliott
A lonely Londoner cyber-stalks her married lover and his other paramours; a dispersed Guatemalan American family comes together in crisis; a Mohawk mother navigates life off the rez.
The Literary Lives of New York City’s Youth
Archival photos of children’s reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years.
The 2023 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books
Take a peek at this year’s winners.
The 2023 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books
Take a peek at this year’s winners.
Audiobook Review: ‘The Glow,’ by Jessie Gaynor
In Jessie Gaynor’s debut novel, “The Glow,” read by Gabra Zackman, a P.R. rep immerses herself in the woo-woo world of a cultlike “spiritual retreat,” and its enigmatic leader.
Essay: Taboos About What Can’t Be Shown in Children’s Picture Books Vary Around the World
Taboos about what can’t be shown in picture books vary around the world.
Book Review: ‘Eyeliner,’ by Zahra Hankir
In her perceptive cultural history, “Eyeliner,” Zahra Hankir shows that liquid versus pencil is only the beginning.
Linda R. Hirshman, Who Challenged Stay-at-Home Mothers, Dies at 79
A feminist provocateur, she went on to write about the gay rights movement and transformative figures like the first two female Supreme Court justices.
Interview: Annie Ernaux
“The first condition is silence,” says the 2022 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, whose most recent book is “The Young Man.” “The when and where do not matter.”
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Behind the Story: How a Writer Prepared for a 40,000-Mile Trip
The dozens of books that T writer Aatish Taseer read before his journey through Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq, and what he learned from each pilgrimage.
Read With Jenna, Who Writes With Barbara
The twin sisters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush published their third picture book this week. They sat down to discuss fighting, writing and chosen family.
Even for Two Pros, Collaboration Was No Picnic
Welcome to the occasionally fraught partnership of Bill Watterson, the creator of “Calvin and Hobbes,” and John Kascht, a renowned celebrity caricaturist.
Erica Jong’s ‘Fear of Flying’ Is 50. What Happened to Its Dream of Freedom Through Sex?
With its feminist take on sexual pleasure, Erica Jong’s novel caused a sensation in 1973. But the revolution Jong promoted never came to pass.
What We Learned From Barbra Streisand’s Memoir
“My Name Is Barbra,” her long-awaited (and rather enormous) autobiography, doesn’t have an index. But here are the best bits.
Book Review: ‘What’s Cooking in the Kremlin,’ by Witold Szablowski
The new book by Witold Szablowski features the chefs who were expected to prepare sumptuous meals for Russian leaders — and keep them from being poisoned.
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