Book Review: ‘Couple Found Slain,’ by Mikita Brottman
“Couple Found Slain,” by Mikita Brottman, offers an accounting of the criminal mental health system.
Debut Novels by Jesse McCarthy, Gabriel Krauze and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
New fiction spans gang violence in London, a fundamentalist regime in North Africa, Brooklyn gentrification and the Black diaspora in Brazil.
A Spy Thriller That Mixes Fact and Fiction to Harrowing Effect
Featuring a C.I.A. agent with secrets in her past, potentially violent religious extremists and a risky op in Hamburg, “The Cover Wife,” by Dan Fesperman, gives imaginative twists to events plucked from our near past.
Book Review: ‘Fox & I,’ by Catherine Raven
“Fox & I” is Catherine Raven’s memoir of her relationship with a bushy-tailed creature — no, not a dog.
In Violet Kupersmith’s Novel, a Young Woman Disappears in Saigon
The heroine of “Build Your House Around My Body,” a half-Vietnamese American in her 20s, languishes abroad.
J.P. Morgan's Personal Librarian Was A Black Woman. This Is Her Story.
Belle Da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent career women of her time, but the world didn't know she was Black. A new novel from Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tells her story.
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Summer After Summer, a Clan Returns to Cape Cod
In her debut novel, “The Paper Palace,” Miranda Cowley Heller follows an upper-crust family through decades at their bohemian backwoods compound.
Immigration Doesn't Just Mean Coming To America. These 4 Books Are Good Reminders.
Author Ocean Vuong recommends four books on the immigrant experience — but he wants to de-center America in these stories: "Immigration is a species-wide legacy," he says, and always has been.
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A Brawling, Go-for-Baroque Pulpfest
In S.A. Cosby’s new novel, “Razorblade Tears,” two fathers avenge their sons’ murders in great gothic geysers of blood.
An Outsider Finds Suspense in Hollywood
Catherine Steadman talks about her new novel, “The Disappearing Act,” and Michael Dobbs discusses “King Richard,” his new book about Watergate.
New in Paperback: ‘The Pull of the Stars’ and ‘Memorial Drive’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Cicadas, Average Human Lifespan and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
The Maps Our Brains Create
In “Brainscapes,” Rebecca Schwarzlose lays out the ways our brains let us take in information through a process of intricate “mapping.”
Fierce Girls And Giant Robots Battle An Empire In This YA Adventure
In Zoe Hana Mikuta's new Gearbreakers, a talented pilot and a daring rebel have the same goal — take down a giant, evil empire. But first, they have to learn to trust each other — and maybe more.
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Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books
“I feel such connection to the human who made it, which delights and moves me. If you can write a joke that is still funny in 100 years, you are great.”
Books Are Forever. Best Sellers Are Fleeting.
Here’s a look at novels selling like gangbusters in the second week of July, all the way back to 1971.
'The Netanyahus' Turns The Campus Novel Into A Sly Fable About History And Identity
Joshua Cohen offers a fictionalized version of a real-life campus visit by the father of the former Israeli prime minister. The novel offers a funny take on serious things.
These Short Stories Don't Have Much Plot — And That's Their Beauty
In her debut story collection, New Yorker editor Clare Sestanovich takes anodyne everyday moments and layers them with meaning and observation for a series of snapshots that reveal a whole world
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The Struggles of Those Who Regain Sight and Hearing
In “Coming to Our Senses,” Susan R. Barry looks at people who stopped being blind or deaf and then had to adjust to the world.
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