Immigration Reform, Past and Present
Jia Lynn Yang talks about “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide,” and Judith Newman discusses books that help simplify life.
With Museums Closed, Coffee-Table Books Bring the Art to You
The catalogs meant to accompany the spring’s biggest exhibitions are now the exhibitions themselves.
Looking at War Across 2,500 Years
Thomas E. Ricks considers books from ancient China down to the war in Afghanistan.
The Origins of the Holocaust and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Inland’ and ‘Becoming Dr. Seuss’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Why Yo-Yo Ma Would Invite Socrates to Dinner
“For once, I’d like to ask the questions.”
'Brown Album' Centers On The Erasure Of Race In American Culture
Porochista Khakpour's work is strongest when she turns the lens on herself to examine how she, too, is complicit; many essays here are just too tantalizingly brief to allow space for deep analysis.
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Welcome to Kiera Cass’s Kingdom, Where She Makes the Rules
It has been decreed: The author of the ‘Selection’ series has another best seller.
New Thriller Challenges Readers To Take Another Look At 'These Women'
Ivy Pochoda keeps up her focus on the overlooked and forgotten in her new novel. Here, it's a group of sex workers and club dancers whose lives are connected — and imperiled — by a serial killer.
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America’s Immigration Paradox
Two new books, Jia Lynn Yang’s “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide” and Adam Goodman’s “The Deportation Machine,” take very different approaches to the immigration question.
In Search of Time Lost and Newly Found
Our critic Parul Sehgal examines how the notion of time — and how we describe it — has changed during the quarantine.
A ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Focuses on an Unlikely Character
A teenage Coriolanus Snow stars in Suzanne Collins’s “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which is every bit as violent and jarring as the first three books.
In 'Dark Mirror,' Reporter Concludes: 'Snowden Did Substantially More Good Than Harm'
Edward Snowden handpicked Barton Gellman as one of three journalists he would work with to reveal government secrets. Gellman's book is an in-depth look at where he agreed and disagreed with Snowden.
(Image credit: Angela Gennaro/AP)
‘Drifts,’ by Kate Zambreno: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Drifts,” by Kate Zambreno
‘The Equivalents,’ by Maggie Doherty: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty
‘The Motion of the Body Through Space,’ by Lionel Shriver: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Motion of the Body Through Space,” by Lionel Shriver
Before the Feminist Revolution, This ‘Messy Experiment’ Nurtured Female Talent
“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, combines the story of a Radcliffe College institute to support creative women with that of the friendship forged by five early fellows.
You May Not Like Lionel Shriver’s Characters. That May Be the Point.
In “The Motion of the Body Through Space,” a lifelong couch potato starts running, and trouble follows.
For This Lesbian Romance, World War II Is Just One Complication
Dola de Jong’s 1954 novel “The Tree and the Vine” is a portrait of two women dogged by issues too personal to be defined by political catastrophe.
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