The hero of Sanjena Sathian’s “Gold Diggers,” a son of Indian immigrants, finds a magical elixir to help him succeed.
Three new books analyze the shortcomings of the nation’s criminal justice system.
J. Robert Lennon’s new novel, “Subdivision,” and story collection, “Let Me Think,” offer puzzle-box narratives and alternate realities.
In “Horizontal Vertigo,” the Mexican novelist Juan Villoro writes with affection and wonderment about Mexico City, the vast and complex megalopolis.
In “The Wild Silence,” a sequel to her best-selling memoir “The Salt Path,” the British author contends with the illness and death of loved ones but finds solace outdoors.
In “First Person Singular,” Murakami’s new story collection, one feels the author easing up, allowing his own voice to enter the narratives.
The singer-songwriter explores the intersection of fame and ordinary family life in her new memoir, “Broken Horses.”
“Hummingbird Salamander,” VanderMeer’s new novel, is an ecological thriller that confronts the possibility of humanity’s extinction.
Katie Booth‘s new biography, “The Invention of Miracles,” argues that the inventor’s view of deafness as a deficit to be cured by oralism has had a long, destructive influence on deaf culture.
“Allegorizings,” a posthumous essay collection from the British historian and travel writer, ranges from playful skits to alternative histories.
“A Whole World: Letters From James Merrill,” edited by Langdon Hammer and Stephen Yenser, casts light on a generous soul with an active social life.
In “The Light of Days,” Judy Batalion recounts the stories of dozens of young Jewish women who bribed executioners, smuggled pistols and fought on the front lines of the resistance.
“Who wouldn’t take a book recommendation from Marcia Brady?”
Willy Vlautin’s “The Night Always Comes” follows a young woman determined to hold her impoverished family together.
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at the work of Panter, a living legend for comics fans, and his singular creation, the character Jimbo.
Haruki Murakami's plain-spoken new story collection features narrators a lot like him — male, middle-aged, recounting inexplicably strange things that have happened to them,
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Joe Goldberg, the psychopath we met in Caroline Kepnes’s first novel, “You,” is back for a third time in “You Love Me,” and he’s got a new obsession.
Zimmer talks about “Life’s Edge,” and Paulina Bren discusses “The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free.”
In “Ageless,” Andrew Steele explores the science of aging and the advances that might let humans prolong their lives by decades.
In “A Little Devil in America,” Abdurraqib moves from Master Juba to Josephine Baker to Sun Ra to Patti LaBelle to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
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