Book Review: ‘The Slowworm’s Song,’ by Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller’s novel “The Slowworm’s Song” reckons with conflicts both personal and national.
Book Review: ‘The Hollow Kind,’ by Andy Davidson
In Andy Davidson’s “The Hollow Kind,” an inherited turpentine farm is haunted by generations of suffering.
Review: “Odder” by Katherine Applegate
In new novels by Carlie Sorosiak, Lynne Rae Perkins and Katherine Applegate, animals are emblems of how we humans treat one another.
Review: ‘Illuminations,’ by Alan Moore
With his first story collection, “Illuminations,” the British writer and comic-book titan works his subversive power on a smaller scale.
Review: ‘Marigold and Rose,’ by Louise Glück
“Marigold and Rose” explores the inner lives of two very different sisters.
Book Review: ‘Dinosaurs,’ by Lydia Millet
In Lydia Millet’s 13th novel, “Dinosaurs,” a middle-aged oil heir leaves behind heartbreak in New York City for the “alien beauty” of the Arizona desert.
Book Review: ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology,’ by Chris Miller
Silicon chips power everything from cars and toys to phones and nukes. “Chip War,” by Chris Miller, recounts the rise of the chip industry and the outsize geopolitical implications of its ascendancy.
Book Review: ‘Morgenthau,’ by Andrew Meier
A sprawling book by the journalist Andrew Meier traces four generations of epoch-making Morgenthaus, culminating in the life of the borough’s longest-serving district attorney.
Celeste Ng makes the case for art as a weapon against oppression in her new novel
Our Missing Hearts is the story of 12-year-old Bird, a quest to find his mother and the power of small acts of rebellion. Saddled by grief, this quasi-dystopian novel is ultimately propelled by hope.
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New Crime Fiction
The mystery driving “The Maze” is a fascinating one, but the main character? He’s an insufferable jerk.
Book Review: “[To] the Last [Be] Human,” by Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham’s new book, an omnibus volume of her last four collections, shows that some themes have been present in her career from the start.
Revisiting Baldwin vs. Buckley
Nicholas Buccola talks about “The Fire Is Upon Us,” and Lydia Millet discusses “The Children’s Bible.”
Review: “Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice” by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
It’s who Jackie Robinson and Tommie Smith were off the field that elevates two new books about them.
Book Review: “Savor,” by Fatima Ali
In “Savor,” readers get to know Fatima Ali, the brave woman who was beloved by Food Network audiences and her family.
Book Review: ‘A Ballet of Lepers,’ by Leonard Cohen
A posthumous release of the songwriter’s unseen novel and stories from the 1950s reveals his nascent fascination with human frailty.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In Annie Ernaux, a Nobel Laureate Who Plumbs Her Own Passions
The French writer, who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, blurs the line between fiction and memoir with spare prose she has characterized as “brutally direct.”
Book Review: ‘Pretty Baby,’ by Chris Belcher; ‘Hysterical,’ by Elissa Bassist; ‘I’m Not Broken,’ by Jesse Leon
Three memoirs recount past harm — consensual and not.
Ignoramuses Are Gaining Ground, Andy Borowitz Warns
In his new book, the satirist and comedian traces the rise of ill-equipped politicians and considers how to thwart them.
Temple Grandin Is a Visual Thinker Who Hates Graphic Novels
“It is too difficult for me to constantly switch back and forth between the pictures and the text bubbles,” says the animal behaviorist and advocate for autistic people, whose new book (with Betsy Lerner) is “Visual Thinking.” “I like technical and scientific books with lots of illustrations.”
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