Two Memoirists Explore Abuse and Survival
Tanya Selvaratnam and Vanessa Springora both survived powerful, manipulative men. Now they’re telling their tales.
Chasing Down a Deadbeat Dad, With a Knife Strapped to Her Leg
“The Slaughterman’s Daughter,” by Yaniv Iczkovits, is a sprawling 19th-century quest narrative set in czarist Russia.
Book Review: ‘Animal, Vegetable, Junk,’ by Mark Bittman
In “Animal, Vegetable, Junk,” Mark Bittman tells the long, unfolding story of our food sources, tracking the shift from agriculture to agribusiness.
In 'Nubia: Real One,' Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You're A Threat
Nubia has been many things over decades of comics: Wonder Woman's sister, her rival, a guardian of the underworld. Now, L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith have re-imagined her as a Black American teenager.
(Image credit: DC Comics)
Winter Not Cold Enough? Here Are 3 YA Thrillers To Chill You
Prickly, angry girls get to the bottom of mysterious disappearances — or cause them — in these three angsty YA novels, from a retelling of "The Cask of Amontillado" to a wild and frozen dystopia.
(Image credit: Walker Books)
Writing About Illness Without Platitudes
Suleika Jaouad talks about “Between Two Kingdoms,” and Jason Zinoman discusses great memoirs by comedians.
Kindred Spirits: 2 Collections of Native Mythology for Children and Their Adults
In “Ancestor Approved” and “The Sea-Ringed World,” sacred stories provide comfort by bringing people together.
New in Paperback: ‘Becoming’ and ‘Hidden Valley Road’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Public Libraries, Life Without Parole and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Angie Thomas’s ‘Concrete Rose’ Is a Love Song for Young Black Lives
In “Concrete Rose,” Angie Thomas returns to the world of “The Hate U Give” to explore one pivotal character’s early days.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Three Memoirs About the Messiness of Life and Self-Definition
Three recent memoirs explore self-definition amid chronic illness, race and fatherhood.
You Actually Will Be Talking About 'No One Is Talking About This'
Patricia Lockwood's first novel follows an Extremely Online woman whose life changes forever when her niece is born with a serious illness — which sounds Hallmark-ready, but Lockwood pulls it off.
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In Her Memoir, Martha Teichner Turned the Lens on Her Own Life
"When Harry Met Minnie” tells the story of two women who became friends as their dogs fell in love.
For Years, a Literary Villain Made Joe Ide Wary of Nurses
“Ratched is prim, soft-spoken, her smile placid, even serene, yet she’s as scary as your grandmother with blacked-out eyes and a bloody hypodermic needle.”
'The Echo Wife' Layers Sci-Fi And Murder Mystery For A Twisty Treat
Sarah Gailey's new novel follows a famed geneticist whose husband uses her methods to clone her — and has an affair with the clone. When he's murdered, the two women must figure out to do next.
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‘Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment,’ by Theo Padnos: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture, and Enlightenment,” by Theo Padnos
‘The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,’ by Henry Louis Gates Jr.: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on African-American Religion
Gates’s “The Black Church” recounts the foundational role of religion in the history of Black America.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Ebony Magazine to Young Chefs
A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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