From Brian Wilson to Nancy Sinatra: The L.A. Music Scene in the ’60s
Joel Selvin’s book “Hollywood Eden” revisits “the myth of the California paradise.”
Maggie O’Farrell on ‘Hamnet’
O’Farrell discusses her novel about Shakespeare and his family, and Judith Shulevitz talks about Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place.”
8 Picture Books That Celebrate the Joys of Life
New work from Satoshi Kitamura, Lynne Rae Perkins, Shawn Harris, Bruce Handy, Hyewon Yum, Nikki Grimes, Elizabeth Zunon, Micha Archer, Julie Flett and Vera Brosgol.
We've Been Evolving For Millions Of Years, So Why Are Our Bodies So Flawed?
In his debut book Evolution Gone Wrong, Alex Bezzerides mixes the technical anatomical stuff we need to know with vivid examples and humorous phrases — in offering us some answers.
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How Military Quagmires Have Caught Mighty Powers by Surprise
Both the British and the Americans were unable to defeat enemies they thought would be pushovers.
Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security?
Jonathan Stevenson’s “A Drop of Treason” examines the career of Philip Agee, whose 1975 book revealed key secrets of the Central Intelligence Agency.
New in Paperback: ‘Homeland Elegies’ and ‘Friends and Strangers’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Chris Bosh’s Favorite Basketball Writers? Kobe Bryant Makes the List.
“He was one of my heroes growing up,” says the 11-time N.B.A. All-Star and author of “Letters to a Young Athlete.” “Any morsel of knowledge that he shared should be treasured.”
Letters to the Editor From Ann Beattie, Daphne Merkin and Others
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Summer Is Coming. Bring a Book.
You have your sunscreen and beach chairs. Once you pick up any of these 24 books, summer can really begin.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Complaint Against Liberal Modernity, and a Solution: Faith
In “The Unbroken Thread,” Sohrab Ahmari sees Western society as having overreached on freedom and lost a sense of rootedness in tradition and community.
'Unsettled Ground' Lets Its Oddballs Stay Defiantly Odd
Claire Fuller's beautifully written new novel follows 51-year-old twins who never left home, forced finally to cope with the outside world and some unpleasant family secrets after their mother dies.
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When Your Name Is Sunny (Hostin), Your Beach Read Belongs on the Best-Seller List
The co-host of “The View” talks about why she wrote “Summer on the Bluffs” and why Martha’s Vineyard is important to her.
From the Ice of Greenland, a Deadly Virus and a Familiar Doom
In “Phase Six,” by Jim Shepard, pathogens released from excavated permafrost set off a global pandemic.
In ‘Let the Record Show,’ Sarah Schulman Erects a Monument to the AIDS Movement
A political history of ACT UP New York in the late 1980s and early ’90s is part oral history, part call to arms.
Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So.
With our calendars cleared last year, many of us found more time to lose ourselves in books. Let’s hold onto that vibe this year.
Rachel Cusk's 'Second Place' Offers Sharp Perceptions About Love And Creativity
A writer offers up her guest house to a famous painter in hope that something transcendent will happen. But he's selfish, amoral and flagrantly misogynistic — and monstrously at ease with all this.
Sebastian Junger Tackles The Idea Of 'Freedom' But Arrives At No Conclusion
Freedom, Junger's latest book, follows the author and a group of acquaintances as they embark on a long walk from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh, tracing railroad lines.
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New & Noteworthy, From Bob Dylan to the Bay Area
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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