Queer Exile: Three Novels About Émigrés, Lovers and Family
“The Thirty Names of Night,” “You Exist Too Much” and “A Country for Dying” feature characters who leave home and long for new identities.
Studies of Darkness and Disguise at the Movies
In Ed Park’s Graphic Content column, he looks at two new graphic novels: Katriona Chapman’s “Breakwater” and Pat Dorian’s “Lon Chaney Speaks.”
In a Gentrifying Seattle, a Queer Activist Works to Blur Borders
“The Freezer Door,” by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, reflects on the boundaries of gender and queerness, and the frustrating limitations of language.
The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty
“The Last American Aristocrat,” by David S. Brown, relates the incident-filled life of Henry Adams, the Gilded Age intellectual and historian who witnessed much of the 19th century from his privileged perch.
New & Noteworthy Poetry, From Eavan Boland to the African-American Canon
A selection of recent poetry titles; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War
In “A Question of Freedom,” the historian William G. Thomas III writes about families who pursued more than a thousand freedom suits, a number of them successful.
In A New Book, Pope Francis Speaks Out On The Coronavirus And Anti-Mask Protests
People who claim that mask mandates deprive them of their personal freedom, Francis says, are "victims only in their own imagination." The book also addresses demonstrations against racial injustice.
(Image credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
A Wild, Caustic Satire Packed With the Absurd
Guillermo Stitch’s novel “Lake of Urine” is full of bristly characters and bizarre incidents.
The 10 Best Books of 2020
The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year.
'Nights When Nothing Happened' Is Quietly Lovely — Maybe A Little Too Quiet
Simon Han's debut novel follows a Chinese immigrant family in Texas, whose fragile peace is shattered after the father is wrongly accused of a crime, and it's up to the kids to restore balance.
(Image credit: Riverhead Books)
An Eco-Fable From the Author of ‘The Magicians’
In Lev Grossman’s first middle grade novel, “The Silver Arrow,” a magic steam train ride with talking animals gives a young girl a sense of purpose.
What if Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor Had Joined Forces?
In “Alice’s Farm,” a brave cottontail and her brother secretly help a city family succeed at farming to save their bunny habitat from developers.
'These Violent Delights' Transports Romeo And Juliet To 1920s Shanghai
Chloe Gong's new novel has some of the important aspects of Shakespeare's famous tragedy — but more than anything else, it's a rich portrait of a time and place not often seen in literature.
(Image credit: Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Joy Williams and Her Unique Views of America
A.O. Scott talks about Williams’s fiction, and Nicholas Christakis discusses his new book about the coronavirus, “Apollo’s Arrow.”
'Oak Flat' Tells The Story Of An Apache Tribe Fighting To Save Its Land From Mining
Artist and writer Lauren Redniss mixes art, design, and rigorous research with a prose style that is at once assertive, journalistic and poetic to create a book like no other.
(Image credit: Lauren Redniss/Random House)
New in Paperback: ‘The Grammarians’ and ‘Edison’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
England’s Greatest Novelist and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Lifelong Rock Critic Goes Back to the Actual Classics
In “A Sound Mind,” the British journalist Paul Morley discovers the wonders of classical music.
The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish
“Wild landscapes, weird nature, science fiction — this really should be my jam. But no.”
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