New in Paperback: ‘The Best of Me’ and ‘Piranesi’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Has the Pandemic Changed Cities Forever?
In “Survival of the City,” Edward Glaeser and David Cutler explore a range of issues that will affect how our urban areas will look into the future.
Wilma Rudolph, Nuclear Fusion and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Four New Poetry Books Mine Their Authors’ Pasts for Music and Meaning
Stephanie Burt reviews “Catcalling,” by Lee Soho; “The Collection Plate,” by Kendra Allen; “Maroon Choreography,” by Fahima Ife; and “The Survival Expo,” by Caki Wilkinson.
What’s Wrong With Big Tech? Three Stanford Professors Think They Know.
“System Error,” by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein, explores the problems inherent in Silicon Valley’s hold on us.
The Runty Prehistoric Mammals That Outlasted the Dinosaurs
In “Beasts Before Us,” the paleontologist Elsa Panciroli puts a spotlight on the small mammals that might have been our most important ancestors.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'Beautiful World' Is Sally Rooney's Toughest, Most Sweeping Novel To Date
Beautiful World, Where Are You is a cerebral novel that traces the relationships between four characters, and shifts between themes of sex, friendship and life's dark uncertainty.
Books Can Help Kids Learn About What Happened On 9/11. Here Are Some Good Ones
On 9/11, it was impossible to connect the dots for adults, nevermind children. Here are some books that can help kids try to understand that fateful date 20 years later.
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Book Review: ‘The Family Roe,’ by Joshua Prager
“The Family Roe,” by Joshua Prager, is a nuanced, deeply reported portrait of Norma McCorvey, known to most Americans as Jane Roe, the plaintiff in the case that won abortion rights for U.S. women.
In 'Civilizations,' Inca Emperor Atahualpa Conquers 16th-Century Spain
Laurent Binet seems to genuinely want to know to what extent conquest and the cruelty it inevitably produces are reducible, redeemable, or escapable. He also plainly wants to play around.
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What Did Best-Selling Illustrators Doodle While Daydreaming in School?
Three artists open up about the influences that led them to pick up pen, pencil and paintbrush.
Gabrielle Union Likes to Read in the Bathroom
“It’s quiet, I am left alone, it’s optimal temperature, I feel like I’m killing a couple birds with one stone, and I can retain what I’ve read.”
What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What!
Riddles are as old as the English language and, as Adrienne Raphel explains, can tell us a lot about Anglo-Saxon culture — as long as we are able to solve them.
A Writer Reckons With the Fact That ‘People Love Dead Jews’
Dara Horn’s new essay collection looks at the ways the Jewish past has been contorted to elide the actual realities of anti-Semitism.
Writer Maggie Nelson Asks What It Means To Feel Free
In On Freedom's allusive, blunt, funny essays, the author of The Argonauts and The Art of Cruelty tries to imagine freedom as it exists in the contemporary contexts of art, sex, drugs, and climate.
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Three Books — And Three Lessons — 20 Years After 9/11
These books provide a detailed accounting of events that have defined the U.S. role in the world in the first part of the 21st century. None makes for cheery reading, but all offer sobering lessons.
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In This Poetic New Novel, An Ancient Form Of Dance Frees A Modern Storyteller
Shruti Swamy has won awards for her short fiction; The Archer, her debut novel, is a coming-of-age tale inspired by the graceful, precise storytelling of India's ancient Kathak dance form.
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'Poet Warrior' Centers On The Role Of Poetry, Art And Music In Joy Harjo's Life
More than an autobiography following a strict chronological path and detailing all major events, this book focuses on the role of art in the U.S. poet laureate's life and her development as an artist.
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Married 39 Years, and Ready to Call It Quits Over Their Kids’ Objections
In María Amparo Escandón’s third novel, “L.A. Weather,” readers can expect a year of stormy days.
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