In James Merrill’s Letters, a Workshop and a Stage for the Poet’s Wit
“A Whole World: Letters From James Merrill,” edited by Langdon Hammer and Stephen Yenser, casts light on a generous soul with an active social life.
The ‘Ghetto Girls’ Who Fought the Nazis With Weapons and Wiles
In “The Light of Days,” Judy Batalion recounts the stories of dozens of young Jewish women who bribed executioners, smuggled pistols and fought on the front lines of the resistance.
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Read Hemingway at Marcia Brady’s Urging
“Who wouldn’t take a book recommendation from Marcia Brady?”
Who Can Actually Afford to Live in Portland?
Willy Vlautin’s “The Night Always Comes” follows a young woman determined to hold her impoverished family together.
Gary Panter’s Jagged, Shape-Shifting Antihero Was Made for Our Moment
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at the work of Panter, a living legend for comics fans, and his singular creation, the character Jimbo.
'First Person Singular' Asks A Lot Of Questions — But Shies Away From Answers
Haruki Murakami's plain-spoken new story collection features narrators a lot like him — male, middle-aged, recounting inexplicably strange things that have happened to them,
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He’s a Murderer, a Stalker, a Creep — and an Entertaining Narrator
Joe Goldberg, the psychopath we met in Caroline Kepnes’s first novel, “You,” is back for a third time in “You Love Me,” and he’s got a new obsession.
Carl Zimmer on Defining Life
Zimmer talks about “Life’s Edge,” and Paulina Bren discusses “The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free.”
Looking Forward to Your 170th Birthday
In “Ageless,” Andrew Steele explores the science of aging and the advances that might let humans prolong their lives by decades.
Hanif Abdurraqib Celebrates Black Performance
In “A Little Devil in America,” Abdurraqib moves from Master Juba to Josephine Baker to Sun Ra to Patti LaBelle to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Are Horses More Useful to Humans Than Pigeons? And Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’ and ‘Coffeeland’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’
Blake Bailey’s comprehensive life of Roth features a parade of book after book, award after award, and lover after lover.
Elizabeth Acevedo Understands That ‘People Read Like They Eat’
“Sometimes we want comfort, sometimes we want to work to crack something open.”
It Takes Gumption to Work on a Novel For 10 Years. Ask Angeline Boulley.
“Firekeeper’s Daughter” is a runaway success, but the years leading to its publication consisted of a long series of quiet mornings.
A Novel of the City, Alive to Its Hidden Connections
In “Ghosts of New York,” Jim Lewis introduces four characters and follows their intersecting paths.
Hunter Biden's Memoir 'Beautiful Things' Seeks To Tell Just Where He's Been
The account by the president's younger son is at times a harrowing journey; in the end, if not for forgiveness or sympathy, it may be about making a stand and taking whatever place he can occupy.
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'A Most Remarkable Creature' Introduces The Little-Known, Charismatic Caracara
Through Jonathan Meiburg's inquiring lens, readers will find themselves with a new favorite animal — a bird of prey aptly described as "one of the strangest and most wonderful animals on Earth."
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3 Picture Books Get the Royal Treatment
Leo Timmers, Mylo Freeman and Klaas Verplancke take us inside the minds of two loony kings and a once blue princess.
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