At 100, the ‘Just William’ Books Are an Icon of British Childhood
Richmal Crompton’s prototypical schoolboy has survived war, upheaval, changing tastes and a new world. He’s still just 11.
This Earth Day, one book presents global warming and climate justice as inseparable
It's still an open question to what degree our planet will remain habitable in the coming years. Elizabeth Cripps offers an urgent message in What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care.
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New in Paperback: Helen Oyeyemi and George Saunders
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Review: ‘Silent Invasion’ Is Deborah Birx’s Story of Trump’s Covid Response
“Silent Invasion” is an insider’s account of an ignorant president whose policies may have cost thousands of lives.
The Dark Side of Tea-Making
Judy I. Lin’s debut fantasy novel for young adults is “steeped” in the ancient traditions of her native Taiwan.
Review: ‘Easy Beauty,’ by Chloe Cooper Jones; ‘The Perfect Other,’ by Kyleigh Leddy; ‘Pathological,’ by Sarah Fay
Three authors turn the lens on their own bodies and minds.
Viola Davis on Recording Her New Memoir ‘Finding Me’
“I felt I was living through those moments with every word I spoke,” the Oscar-winning actor says of her new memoir, “Finding Me.”
3 New Audiobooks to Listen to Now
Fantastical maps, timeless tales and a new twist on an ancient Hindu classic.
Review: ‘Adriatic,’ by Robert D. Kaplan
Robert D. Kaplan’s “Adriatic” takes readers on a political, intellectual and personal tour from Italy to Albania.
New Mysteries and Crime Novels
Harini Nagendra’s new novel, “The Bangalore Detectives Club,” stars a bookish, Sherlock-Holmes-loving young bride.
Diego Maradona: Soccer’s Brilliant, Tortured Bad Boy
A new biography by a Spanish journalist who had access to members of Maradona’s inner circle.
Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth
Piketty’s “A Brief History of Equality” looks at centuries of economic improvement and suggests new reforms for modern societies.
Big Tech Wants to Commodify Your Happiness
In Claire Stanford’s “Happy for You,” a struggling academic joins an internet company building an algorithm to quantify human joy.
The Work-Life-Balance Library Welcomes Another Title
Lara Bazelon’s “Ambitious Like A Mother” is the latest addition to a tall pile of books for women who are pondering issues of employment and children.
In Tove Ditlevsen’s World, Happy Families Don’t Stand a Chance
Two reissued works of fiction, “The Faces” and “The Trouble With Happiness,” upend domestic life in the Danish writer’s cutting, deadpan prose.
Janelle Monáe’s Queer, Afrofuturist Literary Debut
“The Memory Librarian” translates the themes of her 2018 album, “Dirty Computer,” onto the page.
The Strange History of American Conservatism
Matthew Continetti’s “The Right” traces the twists and turns of the right wing’s policies and philosophy.
Left Behind by China’s Economic Miracle
“Rouge Street,” a suite of three novellas by Shuang Xuetao, gives voice to characters in an industrial region sometimes called China’s Rust Belt.
A Daughter Tries to Make Sense of Her Mother’s Suicide
In “Stepping Back From the Ledge,” Laura Trujillo brings a journalist’s eye and a family member’s agony to a bottomless loss.
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