Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War
Lisa Taddeo’s first novel, “Animal,” tells a relentlessly bleak story of a woman warped by psychic wounds who pursues a life of emotional carnage.
Liz Hauck Promised a Warm Meal Every Week. Then She Delivered.
In “Home Made,” a writer looks back on the many dinners she cooked and ate with residents of a Boston home for adolescents.
New in Paperback: ‘Luster’ and ‘Sex and Vanity’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Was Daniel Patrick Moynihan Right About America? And Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Yes, There Are Crimes — And Much More — In 'The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu'
Tom Lin's new novel promises — and delivers — lots of crimes in a cinematic Western starring a Chinese American gunslinger on a mission of revenge against the men who sent him to work the railroads.
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This Is Your Brain on Edward St. Aubyn
St. Aubyn’s new novel, “Double Blind,” examines a wide range of scientific thought, with detours into sex, drugs and venture capital.
‘Food Is Culture’: Alice Waters on the Cookbook That Changed Her Life
“All I wanted to do was live like the French.”
Want the Scoop on Writing and Publishing? Ask Emily Henry.
The best-selling author of “Beach Read” and “People We Meet on Vacation” is generous with her wisdom on Instagram.
New Audiobooks for Your Summer Road Trip
From funny women to Yo-Yo Ma, self-reflection to civil rights, there’s something in the queue for everyone.
New Historical Fiction to Read This Summer
New novels — by turns salty, sweeping and sweet — will transport you to 1930s Italy, 19th-century England and San Francisco a hundred years ago.
'How The Word Is Passed' Teaches The Importance Of Reckoning With History
Clint Smith seeks out troubling history, including white supremacy, white violence — and the erasure of the oppression of Black Americans — to understand what America tells itself about who we are.
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This Coming-of-Age Novel Features a Girl on the Cusp of Manhood
Kyle Lukoff’s “Too Bright to See” relates a first-person story of transgender identity.
'The Kissing Bug' Challenges Which Diseases Matter — And Why
Through the story of her aunt, who died of Chagas, Daisy Hernández raises damning questions about which diseases get attention — and whom we believe to be deserving of care.
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In This Debut Novel, a Chinese-American Assassin Roams the West
“The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu,” by Tom Lin, is a vengeance quest in an unforgiving landscape during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Struggling Writers Steal Someone Else's Work In 2 New Suspense Novels
Chris Power's brooding literary novel A Lonely Man and Jean Hanff Korelitz's nightmare of a thriller The Plot explore the dangerous consequences of sticky fingers in the literary world.
'House Of Sticks' Is An Immigrant Success Story With Filial Bonds At The Core
Ly Tran's narrative power lies in its nuanced celebration of family devotion that withstands the enormous cost of the American dream.
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A Book About Absorbing What We Love Until It Transforms Us
“A Ghost in the Throat,” by Doireann Ni Ghriofa, is part memoir, part literary investigation of a 250-year-old poem.
Three New Memoirs Reveal the ‘Vertigo’ of Life in the Diaspora
Reflections on the languages of migration, from Claudio Lomnitz, Michelle Zauner and Quiara Alegría Hudes.
New & Noteworthy, From Hidden Treasure to a Relic of Slavery
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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