‘I’m a Business, Man’
Michael Eric Dyson’s book, “Jay-Z: Made in America” is new on the nonfiction list this week.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembered by Those Who Knew Him Best
For “Texas Flood,” their oral history of the legendary blues guitarist, Alan Paul and Andy Aledort talked to his family, bandmates and crew.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Don’t Forget to Bring a Book!
An artist reimagines the season’s favorites.
Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Presidents of War’ and ‘Solitary’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Times Critics’ Top Art Books of 2019
The Times’s art critics select 26 of their favorite art books and books related to art of the year.
The Stories Behind American Heroes, Made Accessible to Kids
Picture book biographies of Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson, Jimmy Carter and more introduce people who just kept going, until they changed the world.
'1973: Rock At The Crossroads' Acts As A Mirror For One Moment In Time
Via popular music, Andrew Grant Jackson paints a vivid portrait of a year that was the last gasp of an age of possibility, when idealism gave way to economic recession and cynical disillusionment.
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'At The Mountains Of Madness,' Spheroid Space Monsters Are Just Like Us
Gou Tanabe's graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novella makes its monsters both terrifying and weirdly human. Even if space spheres aren't your thing, Tanabe's art still prompts wonder.
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The Best Crime Novels of the Year
Marilyn Stasio’s 2019 top 10 list includes a gruesome Danish serial-killer thriller, a missing-persons caper and a murder mystery set in the video-gaming world.
Edelweiss, Edelweiss? Julie Andrews Loves Reading About 18th-Century Plant Hunters
“I’m fascinated by stories of how the various plant specimens we take for granted today were originally discovered,” says the actor, whose latest book is “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.”
‘The Man Without Qualities’ Acquires a New Volume
Combining material from Robert Musil’s great unfinished novel and from his archives, “Agathe, or the Forgotten Sister” focuses on the twinlike siblings at the book’s heart.
Once Upon a Time in Ireland
Niall Williams’s novel “This Is Happiness” takes readers to a remote rural village, a “forgotten elsewhere” that’s on the brink of great change.
Greely's Polar Expedition Faces Heartbreak Amid Heroism In 'Labyrinth Of Ice'
Author Buddy Levy's superbly written, meticulously researched chronicle tells the adventure story of a group of explorers aiming to achieve "Farthest North" and claim the win for the U.S. in 1881.
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An Argument That Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Wasn’t So Great
Amity Shlaes’s “Great Society: A New History” claims that liberals hurt the very people they are trying to help.
Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2019: Here Are 10 Unputdownable Reads
This year's list is a mix of literary fiction, true crime, memoirs and essays, from acclaimed authors as well as some brand new voices — and you won't be able to put any of them down.
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The Pioneering Bella Abzug
Leandra Ruth Zarnow’s “Battling Bella” presents an outspoken Bella Abzug who has something to say for our own time.
‘Annihilation’ Author Jeff VanderMeer Delivers Fresh Horrors
His new novel, “Dead Astronauts,” is a phantasmagoric pastiche set in a post-climate-change future.
On Loony Island, a Malignant Priest Strips Mental Patients of Free Will
A.R. Moxon’s debut novel, “The Revisionaries,” reimagines the prison-industrial complex as a corrupt theocracy.
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