Why the Working Class Votes Against Its Economic Interests
Two new books, Robert B. Reich’s “The System” and Zephyr Teachout’s “Break ’Em Up,” examine the impact of economic inequality in America.
Monsters vs. Aliens
In “Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything,” a Mexican-American girl lights candles in the desert for her deported mother. Then a spacecraft arrives.
A Native American Coming-of-Age and the Uses of Enchantment
In James Bird’s “The Brave,” a boy bullied for his numeric mind undergoes a metamorphosis when he’s sent to live on a reservation with his Native American mother.
Yiyun Li Continues Her Conversations With The Dead In 'Must I Go'
Yiyun Li's new book — about a woman looking back on her life by annotating the diary of her late ex-lover — plays with both Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire and Li's own previous work.
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In 'True Crimes,' Toobin Presents A Summation For The Jury In The Case Against Trump
There is a lot of detail amassed in the CNN analyst's book that even Trump investigation junkies won't have seen, much having to do with behind-the-scenes strategizing and negotiating by lawyers.
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New Books Take You Through the Microscope to the World of Pathogens
Authors explore the way the invisible world impacts our lives, from bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics to the beneficial biodiversity on our skin.
New Books Take You Through the Microscope to the World of Pathogens
Authors explore the way the invisible world impacts our lives, from bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics to the beneficial biodiversity on our skin.
New in Paperback: ‘This Land Is Our Land’ and ‘Your House Will Pay’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
On Hamlet’s Origins 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.
True Crime Stories And The Obsession With Them Form 'Unspeakable Acts'
The search for answers in this nonfiction anthology edited by Sarah Weinman is one of many cohesive elements that make the collection land among the best true crime books of the year.
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Isabel Wilkerson Loves Books. That Doesn’t Mean She Treats Them Gently.
“Many of them are not only dog-eared, but often double-cornered-dog-eared, the margins marked up with my own commentary.”
A Mean Ghost Story And A Souped-Up Crime Novel Will Wise You Up Fast
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, centers on an Indian family haunted by a jealous ghost. And S. A. Cosby's Blacktop Wasteland is a noir thriller — with muscle cars.
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In ‘Memorial Drive’ a Poet Evokes Her Childhood and Confronts Her Mother’s Murder
The new memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey is an aching investigation of trauma and art.
‘Memorial Drive,’ by Natasha Trethewey: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Memorial Drive,” by Natasha Trethewey
Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Wrote a Big Best Seller
In “Big Friendship,” the best friends and podcast co-hosts rediscover their bond across a different kind of social distance.
In 'Intimations,' Zadie Smith Reflects Back To Us The Early Days Of Now
Drafted soon after "the global humbling" of COVID began and completed in the days after George Floyd's murder, these personal essays capture the author's reflections during a time outside of time.
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'Empire Of Wild' Tells A Small Story — But Not A Slight One
Cherie Dimaline's new novel seems small in scope — it's about a woman who loses her husband and is determined to bring him back, nothing more than that — but it's rich, tightly written and powerful.
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New & Noteworthy Poetry, From a Hungry God to a Fake Shepherd
A selection of recent poetry books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Forgotten Town at the Center of the Manhattan Project
In “The Apocalypse Factory,” Steve Olson tells the story of Hanford, a small rural town in Washington State that played an outsize role in America’s nuclear ambitions.
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