10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
To the Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, There’s No Gap Between Art and Science
“The boundaries between subjects are really artificial constructs by humans, like the boundaries between colors in a rainbow.”
Are They Still Beach Books if You’re Not Reading Them on the Beach?
Of course they are — and this summer, more than ever, indulge in some page-turning escapism.
Are They Still Beach Books if You’re Not Reading Them on the Beach?
Of course they are — and this summer, more than ever, indulge in some page-turning escapism.
Missing Weddings? Lucy Foley’s Sinister Best Seller Will Cheer You Up.
When it comes to nightmare nuptials, “The Guest List” takes the cake.
In 'Blood On The River,' The Berbice Rebellion Foreshadows Later Insurgencies
Marjoleine Kars recounts a tale of oppression, bloodshed, and some triumph in her previously untold account of the 1763-64 slave rebellion in Dutch Berbice, modern day Guyana.
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From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition
A combination of biography, cultural commentary and personal reflection, Annik LaFarge’s “Chasing Chopin” radiates out from the “Funeral March.”
Happily Ever After? Harry and Meghan Will Settle for Normal
In “Finding Freedom,” the veteran reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand show how the British royal family’s fairy tale turned into a cautionary one.
In ‘Zo,’ Love Must Overcome Class Difference and Disaster
Xander Miller’s debut novel asks how we can stay together when the world is coming apart.
Kurt Andersen Asks: What Is the Future of America?
“Evil Geniuses” diagnoses the troubling changes that have taken place in America over the last several decades, and how to fix them.
‘Evil Genuises,’ by Kurt Andersen: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Evil Genuises,” by Kurt Andersen
When Railroads Controlled the Country
Michael Hiltzik’s “Iron Empires” describes how 19th-century robber barons created and destroyed wealth on an unprecedented scale.
The Harvard Professor Who Told the World That Jesus Had a Wife
In “Veritas” Ariel Sabar tells the madcap story of the professor who was tricked by a Florida fraudster into announcing an extraordinary religious discovery.
The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism
In “City at the Edge of Forever,” Peter Lunenfeld explores Los Angeles in a series of essays about the idiosyncrasies of a place that defies categories.
Former Rep. Katie Hill Aims To Encourage Women To Run For Office In 'She Will Rise'
Hill's election to Congress in 2018 seemed like a sign of progress. A year later, she resigned after admitting to an affair with a young staffer, documented by her husband, and leaked to the press.
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Edward P. Jones’s Carefully Quantified Literary World
In the second installment of "The Americans," his series on overlooked or under-read writers, A.O. Scott considers the scrupulously documented, meticulously observed fiction of Edward P. Jones.
New & Noteworthy, From Corruption to Male Privilege
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments
“Natural History,” “Avoid the Day,” “Crossings” and “Little Scratch” offer literary puzzle boxes and formal feats.
In This Novel, a Grisly Discovery Leads to Self-Discovery
The three siblings at the center of “The Boy in the Field,” by Margot Livesey, find an unconscious child. Their lives are never the same.
Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit
In Jennifer Hofmann’s debut novel, “The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures,” an aging Berliner loses his sense of self.
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