Philip Roth, “Middlemarch” 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.
Why Did The Chicken Befriend The Widow? Find Out In This Plucky Italian Novella
An older woman living on a remote farm turns to an emotional-support hen for company. Sacha Naspini's newly translated novella is a slim volume, packed with unexpected secrets and epiphanies.
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With Steamed Eggs And Succulents, 'Goodbye, Again' Brings Us Home
Writer and cartoonist Jonny Sun's new book is a collection of essays, reflections and illustrations that consider everything from Tetris to succulent plants to dealing with loneliness.
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50 Things You Can Do for the Earth Right Now
In “The Climate Diet,” Paul Greenberg offers some suggestions for combating climate change, from switching out your light bulbs to asking your municipality to think about where it gets its energy.
Erin French Dishes About Writing, Survival and Takeout
The chef, author and Magnolia Network star is making it through the pandemic just like the rest of us: one meal at a time.
Chris Bohjalian Can Read for Hours in the Bath
“I also loved to read in swimming pools, pre-Covid, when vacations were a thing.”
Book Review: ‘The Free World,’ by Louis Menand
Menand’s “The Free World” is a sweeping survey of the revolutions that changed American life in the 1950s and ’60s.
'At The End Of The World,' An Elegant And Gritty Mystery Debut
Zhanna Slor's debut novel, set in a funky neighborhood of Milwaukee, follows two Russian immigrant sisters on very different paths. one now searching for the other after her mysterious disappearance.
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In 'We Are Bridges,' A Writer Resurrects Her Great Grandfather's Memory
In 1904, Cassandra Lane's great grandfather Burt Bridges was lynched. In telling his story, Lane offers her own memoir — and lessons on family and American history for her future child and readers.
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What Made Our Species Unique: Walking
In “First Steps,” Jeremy DeSilva tells the evolutionary story of moving on two feet and how it shaped human development.
Every Coupling Depends on Lies, and Men Are Aliens
Brace yourself for a hearty dose of fatalism in “Terminal Boredom,” a dystopian story collection by Izumi Suzuki.
A Daughter Grieves Her Mom, And Finds Herself, In 'Crying In H Mart'
Michelle Zauner's new memoir, built on her 2018 New Yorker piece of the same name, powerfully maps a complicated mother-daughter relationship cut much too short, with Korean food as a guide.
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‘As Africans We Must Uplift Each Other’: A Memoir of Humanitarianism
In “I Am a Girl From Africa,” the former U.N. adviser Elizabeth Nyamayaro retraces her life story from childhood starvation to NGOs.
A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage
In her magical new novel, “Popisho,” Leone Ross transforms humanity’s worn-out suffering into something new and astonishing.
They Always Had Paris — So He Went Back There Without Her
In Gregory Curtis’s memoir, he looks back on his marriage and the city that saved him after his wife died of cancer.
New & Noteworthy Poetry, From Sign Language to Robot Saints
A selection of recent poetry books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Spanning Centuries and Continents, Novels of Our Common Humanity
As much as cultures have changed over the years, we still share traits with the flawed, searching characters between these covers.
Richard Wright’s Newly Restored Novel Is a Tale for Today
Some 80 years after Wright finished it, “The Man Who Lived Underground” is still an urgent chronicle of the Black experience in America.
A London Teeming With Bodies, Buildings, Desire and Greed
The British author Fiona Mozley’s new novel, “Hot Stew,” features sex workers fighting an eviction order from a real-estate heiress and a host of other Londoners vying for control over their lives, careers and possessions.
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