Audiobook Review: ‘Lifeform,’ by Jenny Slate
The comedian Jenny Slate reads the audiobook version of “Lifeform,” her new memoir about parenting.
In Michigan, a Queer Retreat With Dancing in the Woods
The editor Ryan Fitzgibbon invited collaborators to toast “A Great Gay Book,” a new collection of pieces from his influential, now-defunct magazine, Hello Mr.
Yehuda Bauer, 98, Scholar Who Saw Jewish Resistance in Holocaust, Dies
A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust’s significance.
What if a 'Blood Test' predicted you'd commit murder?
In Charles Baxter's new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It's a screwball satire of all-American zaniness.
New York’s Old Guard Meets Feeld, a Very Sex-Positive Dating App
The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, at a party on the Upper East Side.
Book Review: ‘Dinner for Vampires,’ by Bethany Joy Lenz
The “One Tree Hill” actor has written a memoir of the decade she spent beholden to the Big House Family — and her escape.
Book Review: ‘Absolution,’ by Jeff VanderMeer
The author’s Southern Reach trilogy, which began with “Annihilation” in 2014, now has a fourth installment, a prequel.
Best Books About Abortion and Reproductive Rights to Read Before the 2024 Election
Journalists and scholars explore the issue at every level, from the movement that took down Roe to the human stories of women who had abortions, and those who were denied.
Book Review: ‘Karla’s Choice,’ by Nick Harkaway
Nick Harkaway’s novel “Karla’s Choice” revisits the British spy George Smiley a few years after the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Book Review: ‘Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied,’ by Patrick Cockburn
With a weekly newsletter and plenty of charm, the left-wing writer Claud Cockburn became a crucial polemical voice of the 20th century.
How the Writer André Aciman Learned to Live in Exile
When he was a teenager, Aciman’s family was turned out of Egypt and landed in Italy. In a beguiling new memoir, “Roman Year,” he revisits a lost era.
The Best Books About the Economy to Read Before the 2024 Election
The brightest minds explore the issue at every level, from the levers that control inflation to the best way to achieve work-life balance.
Book Review: ‘Roman Year,’ by André Aciman
Recounting the time his family spent in a former Italian brothel, André Aciman’s new memoir, “Roman Year,” picks up where 1994’s “Out of Egypt” left off.
Book Review: ‘Patriot,’ by Alexei Navalny
The Russian opposition leader, who died in an Arctic penal colony earlier this year, tells the story of his struggle to wrest his country back from President Vladimir Putin.
How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published
In his posthumous memoir, compiled with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny faced the fact that Vladimir Putin might succeed in silencing him. The book will keep “his legacy alive,” Navalnaya said.
Jeff VanderMeer Talks About His New ‘Southern Reach’ Novel
Jeff VanderMeer, known for his blockbuster Southern Reach series, talks about his eerie new installment, “Absolution,” keeping mysteries alive and what people get wrong about alligators.
The Holocaust’s Grandchildren Are Speaking Now
Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.
Hollywood Can Be Hell for a Writer, as Two New Books Remind Us
Dorothy Parker worked on the script for “A Star Is Born,” but the tragic ending was all hers, while Bruce Eric Kaplan manages to find the mordant laughs in today’s industry foibles.
2 Unexpected Books for Spooky Season
A haunted author; haunted dolls.
A Fan Discovers a New Story by Bram Stoker, the Author of ‘Dracula’
The work by Bram Stoker, previously unknown to scholars, will be read and included in a book launched during Dublin’s annual Bram Stoker Festival.
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