Book Review: “Less Is Lost,” by Andrew Sean Greer
In “Less Is More,” the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic novel, the author’s writer protagonist, now over 50 and in need of cash, takes to the road once again.
Review: ‘We Are the Proud Boys,’ by Andy Campbell
Andy Campbell examines extremism in the U.S. through a history of an ascendant far-right group.
Book Review: “The Book of Goose,” by Yiyun Li
In “The Book of Goose,” a literary hoax devised by two teenagers closes the distance between fiction and reality.
My Life in Error
A copy editor recounts his obsession with perfection.
Review: “The Complicities,” by Stacey D’Erasmo
In “The Complicities,” Stacey D’Erasmo introduces a woman who is rebuilding her life in the aftermath of her ex’s financial wrongdoings.
Andrew Sean Greer on Writing ‘Less’
The novelist discusses his Pulitzer-winning comedy about the travels and travails of a heartbroken writer, and William Finnegan talks about surfing.
Newly Published, From Zora Neale Hurston to the Russian Revolution
A selection of books published this week.
Book Review: ‘Black Skinhead,’ by Brandi Collins-Dexter
A civil rights advocate investigates.
New Parenting Books
The kids are back in their classrooms — but are they OK? These new titles can provide reassurance, advice and solidarity.
Book Review: “Lucy by the Sea,” by Elizabeth Strout
In “Lucy by the Sea,” Elizabeth Strout relocates a formerly married couple from Manhattan to Maine at the peak of the Covid pandemic.
Review: “The Midnight Children” by Dan Gemeinhart
Dan Gemeinhart’s latest book, “The Midnight Children,” is light compared with “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,” but weighty nonetheless.
Review: “Moonflower” by Kacen Callender
“Moonflower,” inspired by the author Kacen Callender’s own struggles, is about helping young people to heal.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
How Does a Married Couple Write Books Together?
Behind the best-selling novelist Ilona Andrews are two people who live, work, lift weights and take care of their pets under the same roof.
New Novels in Translation to Read This Summer
New international fiction from Guadeloupe, the Canary Islands, Tahiti and Basque Country.
Review: ‘Lungfish,’ by Meghan Gilliss
In Meghan Gilliss’s debut novel, “Lungfish,” a young family maroons itself on a deserted island where sustenance is whatever you can get your hands on.
Andrea Barrett By the Book Interview
“Luckily,” says the novelist and story writer, whose new book is the collection “Natural History,” “the kind librarian at the local Bookmobile let us take any books we could reach (I was ridiculously tall).”
New Psychological Thrillers
In Deanna Raybourn’s “Killers of a Certain Age,” four female assassins, celebrating their retirement after 40-year careers, discover they’ve been marked for death.
Book Review: ‘The Divider’ Is a Sober Look at the Trump White House
In “The Divider,” political journalists keep their cool as they chronicle the outrageous conduct and ugly infighting that marked a presidency like no other.
Ling Ma's stories start out familiar but get very, very weird
Nothing is just one thing in Bliss Montage: Satire swirls into savagery; a gimmicky premise into poignancy. Ma writes with such authority that readers are simply swept along.
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