Brandon Taylor’s ‘Filthy Animals’ Is a Study in Rogue Appetites
The first story collection from the author of “Real Life” features unspoken desires bubbling up when least appropriate.
'Widespread Panic' Might Be The Most Ellroy Book James Ellroy Has Ever Written
The Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is back, with more boocoo bad business, pervs, prowlers, and putzo politicians than ever in this story of a real-life cop who knew it all (and had the pictures, too).
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For June, 3 Romances That Prove Love Is Love Is Love
For Pride Month, we're bringing you some of the best queer romances around, starring daring English highwaymen, mysterious secret operatives and a long-lost (and extremely reluctant) princess.
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A History of Getting Hammered, and Why Some of Us Should Keep Doing It
In “Drunk,” Edward Slingerland plays devil’s advocate for the pleasure and utility of Dionysian abandon.
George Packer on Our Divided America
Packer talks about “Last Best Hope,” and Suzanne Simard discusses “Finding the Mother Tree.”
The One About Bibi Netanyahu’s Father and the Perils of Diaspora
In his new novel, “The Netanyahus,” Joshua Cohen imagines a visit by the scholar Benzion Netanyahu to an Ivy League school in the late 1950s.
5 Books To Read On Social Justice That Go Beyond The Instructive
Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and Long Division, recommends five "incisive and innovative" books on social justice for Juneteenth.
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New in Paperback: ‘The World’s Fastest Man’ and ‘Our Time Is Now’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Summer Reading, the I.R.S. and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Jordan Ellenberg Wouldn’t Have Given the Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan
“I strongly endorse the idea of going beyond the verbal art forms traditionally marked as ‘literature,’ but everybody already knows about Bob Dylan. They should have given it to Lynda Barry.”
Black Lives Drawn and Stories of Struggle Told Through Comics
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at a compilation of Black cartoonists and a history of female slave rebellions.
Turning to Books to Grasp the Most Ungraspable Disease
Sandeep Jauhar offers a tour of books about Alzheimer’s, from the search for a cure to fictionalized accounts of living with this scourge.
It’s Not Too Late to Discover Louise Meriwether
The author, 98, wrote one of the classic novels of Depression-era Black life, “Daddy Was a Number Runner,” and its themes still resonate today.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Rise Continues To Fascinate In 'Dissent'
Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing for the top court still sticks in the minds of those on both sides of the political spectrum; it's the subject of several books, including a new one by Jackie Calmes.
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Serena Williams: The Queen and Her Court
Gerald Marzorati’s “Seeing Serena” follows her across the globe over the course of one year.
Ashley C. Ford Believes in Letting the Light In
The podcast host and debut author tells a difficult story in her best-selling memoir, “Somebody’s Daughter.” But there are glimmers of brightness.
'Republic Of Detours' Revisits A Group Of Quirky, Depression-Era Guides To The States
Scott Borchert's cultural history of the New Deal initiative known as the Federal Writers' Program teems with colorful characters, scenic byways and telling anecdotes.
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What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island?
In Cynthia Leitich Smith’s “Sisters of the Neversea,” the Darlings have been transported to Tulsa, Okla., and Lily is Wendy’s Native stepsister.
A Short Girl, Feeling Unseen, Fixates on a Boy Who Vanished
Pamela Erens, acclaimed for her adult novels, has made a natural and satisfying shift to middle grade fiction with “Matasha.”
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