When a Father Has a Second Family
In “Secrets of Happiness,” her new novel of love triangles and divided loyalties, Joan Silber explores the aftermath of a shocking revelation.
John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity
In “Nine Nasty Words,” McWhorter explains that offensive language depends on time, place and history.
From Spain to Sydney to Small-Town New Mexico, 3 Debuts Anchored by a Strong Sense of Place
New novels by Eva Baltasar, Kavita Bedford and Kirstin Valdez Quade.
Where the Other Wild Things Are
Liniers’s “Wildflowers” feels like an older sister to Maurice Sendak’s work, maybe taking place on the next island over from Max’s rumpus.
The Woman Who Looked at a Forest and Saw a Community
In “Finding the Mother Tree,” Suzanne Simard recounts her life’s work of understanding trees as part of an interconnected system.
When You Roast Your Friends in a Book, and One’s Your Landlord
“Higher Ground,” a novel by Anke Stelling, features a mother of four railing against German bourgeois norms.
An Ambitious Novel Takes Flight
In “The Great Circle,” Maggie Shipstead crosses centuries and time zones to deliver an epic story of women whose lives are up in the air.
Elizabeth Warren's 'Persist' Is Generous To Her '20 Democratic Rivals (Except One)
Warren fans looking for score-settling won't find it here — her book is not a juicy tell-all. Instead, it reads like a that of a future campaigner, or a public servant who wants to continue fighting.
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Murderbot Meets Miss Marple In 'Fugitive Telemetry'
Martha Wells' new Murderbot novella is a classic locked-room mystery — only the locked room is a docked shuttle at a normally peaceful space station ill-equipped to deal with murder and mayhem.
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Amy Klobuchar on ‘Antitrust’
The senator discusses her new book about fighting monopoly power, and Andrew Solomon talks about Katie Booth’s “The Invention of Miracles.”
New in Paperback: ‘All Adults Here’ and ‘Fire in Paradise’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
From Nigella Lawson to David Chang, Chefs Narrate the Stories Behind the Dishes
New audiobooks to queue up in or out of the kitchen.
Reflecting on a Lifetime of Reading and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
It’s a Dog’s Life — or Is It?
In Remy Lai’s graphic novel, “Pawcasso,” a dog that crashes an art class may not be who he seems.
2 Novels Explore The Big Romantic Bargains We Strike In The Name Of Love
Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny and Secrets of Happiness, by Joan Silber, ruminate on love and family — particularly the family that's thrust upon you when you fall in love.
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Jhumpa Lahiri's New 'Whereabouts' Is About Places Both Geographical And Emotional
Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel — which she wrote in Italian, then translated back to English herself — centers on a middle-aged Italian woman trying to figure out her place in the world.
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Survival Is An Invitation To Push Through Hard Times In 'White Magic'
Elissa Washuta's White Magic is full of magic — and pain — as it deals with trauma while exploring cultural inheritance and the way attacks on Native women never stopped.
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How Do You Illustrate Resilience? These Graphic Novels Show the Way.
Among the books in her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at “A House Without Windows,” about the precarious lives and fighting spirits of children in the Central African Republic.
Kicking Homer to the Curb: The American Scholar Who Upended the Classics
Robert Kanigel’s new biography relates the curious life and death of Prof. Milman Parry.
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