Reliving a Year of Death, as Havoc Reigned in the White House
In “Nightmare Scenario,” the Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta retrace the Trump administration’s response to Covid from January 2020 to January 2021.
Young Love Shines In The Dark In This New Story Collection
Six best-selling Black YA authors pooled their talents for Blackout, a collection of linked stories about teens navigating life, love, and just getting to a party during a New York City blackout.
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What Resilience Looks Like For A Queer Guyanese Indian Poet
"Antiman" is a slur for gay men — poet Rajiv Mohabir reclaims it in his new memoir, which mixes poetry, song and prose in an investigation of his sexuality and his Guyanese Indian heritage.
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Robert Gottlieb on the Man Who Saw America (And We Mean, All of It)
In 1947, the legendary journalist John Gunther published “Inside U.S.A.,” a best-selling 900-page portrait of the country. Robert Gottlieb revisits the book, revealing a reporter with an eagle eye and a limitless appetite for facts.
Clint Smith on ‘How the Word Is Passed’
Smith discusses his new book about reckoning with the history of slavery, and Julian Rubinstein discusses “The Holly.”
A Biography for the 2,190 Miles of the Appalachian Trail
Philip D’Anieri’s “Appalachian Trail” chronicles the people who created the legendary footpath and its lasting legacy.
Dark Side of the Soul
Sarah Weinman on four new mysteries, including Heather Levy’s “spellbinding” debut, “Walking Through Needles.”
A Tricky Tribute to the Book Review’s 125th Anniversary
Are you a literary trivia fiend? Put that knowledge to good use in a custom crossword puzzle.
The History of Hollywood, Home Economics and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why’ and ‘Billion Dollar Loser’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Debut Stories From Clare Sestanovich, Brenda Peynado and Choi Eunyoung
These collections include forays into a Dominican dictatorship, a tragic ferry accident in South Korea and polyamory.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Diane Johnson Wishes More Authors Would Write About Friendship
“That’s a neglected, important part of life.”
Need a Modern Update on American History? Meet Clint Smith.
“How the Word is Passed” is equal parts crash course, prose poem, travelogue and reckoning.
11 Summer Graphic Novels for Early and Middle-Grade Readers
From flashlight-under-the-blanket page-turners and music-infused time travel to a campy book about camp, here are 11 summer novels for comics-hungry kids.
You Don't Have To Be A Complete Nerd To Love This Novel ... But It Helps
Carrie Vaughn is a veteran science fiction and fantasy author who puts her years in the scene to good use in this rollicking tale about a high-tech fantasy theme park (think Westworld) gone wrong.
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A Woman Is Committed To An Asylum For Thinking In 'The Woman They Could Not Silence'
In a new book, The Radium Girls author Kate Moore follows the struggles of Elizabeth Packard who, locked up by her husband in 1860 for having opinions and voicing them, finds she's not the only one.
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Life Gets Hectic Fast for a Heroine and Her Newfound 12-Year-Old
The title character of Mia McKenzie’s novel “Skye Falling” wants to avoid chaos and human connection. Too bad for her.
Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It
In “Songbooks,” the scholar and critic Eric Weisbard surveys music writing from the 1700s to today, with special attention to voices on the margins.
'Light Perpetual' Imagines Adulthood For 5 Fictional Kids Killed In WWII Attack
In 1944 an attack on a London Woolworths killed 168 people. In his new novel, Francis Spufford explores what "might have been" for five young casualties of war.
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