A Deadly Storm, a Witch Hunt and a Village Without Men
Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s novel “The Mercies” takes the Vardo witch trials in 17th-century Norway as its premise.
Author Says 'Mixed Solutions Can Feel Like A Cop-Out' But May Solve Housing Inequity
Journalist Conor Dougherty doesn't traffic radical ideas in Golden Gates, but tells the story of housing in all its complexity, acknowledging that imperfect solutions are often the only solutions.
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'And I Do Not Forgive You' Pokes Piquant Fun At The Patriarchy
Amber Sparks' new story collection is full of vivid language, compelling imagery, sharp wit and tenderness; many of the pieces also share a thread of anger in their treatment of the patriarchy.
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My Sister, My Daughter: Behind the Scenes of a Great American Film
“The Big Goodbye: ‘Chinatown’ and the Last Years of Hollywood,” by Sam Wasson, contains plenty of nuggets about a classic movie.
He Courted Me Through My Favorite Novel
Is romance the most scripted human experience there is?
Rounding Up the Spies of World War II in 4 New Books
Stealing military secrets, plotting a presidential assassination, spreading disinformation: It’s all in a day’s work in these recent titles.
A Legless Black Man Comes Into a Windfall in This Biting Satire
Claude McKay’s “Romance in Marseille,” published decades after it was written, tackles race and migration in a globally connected world much like our own.
Out of Prison but Still Not Free
Jason Hardy spent four years as a probation and parole officer in New Orleans. In “The Second Chance Club,” he recounts what he learned on the job.
It Was ‘Chanel’s Riviera’ in the 1930s. Then Came World War II.
A new history follows the icons and socialites of the Côte d’Azur before the rise of fascism.
‘Something That May Shock and Discredit You,’ by Daniel Mallory Ortberg: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Something That May Shock and Discredit You,” by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
‘The King at the Edge of the World,’ by Arthur Phillips: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The King at the Edge of the World,” by Arthur Phillips
‘Indelicacy,’ by Amina Cain: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Indelicacy,” by Amina Cain
‘The Resisters,’ by Gish Jen: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Resisters,” by Gish Jen
‘Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy,’ by Eilene Zimmerman: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy,” by Eilene Zimmerman
Tiger, Snowplow, Helicopter and Free-Range Parents, Listen Up!
Madeline Levine’s new book has a message for anyone raising kids: Get squiggly.
In 1980s Glasgow, a World of Pain Made Bearable by Love
Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” follows a boy and his family as things go from bad to worse to excruciating in a fierce but loving tale.
The Masculine Mystique: A New Kind of Trans Memoir
Daniel Mallory Ortberg’s “Something That May Shock and Discredit You” contains hilarious, transcendent “memoir-adjacent” essays on gender.
The Myth of the Silent, Sulky, Horny Teenage Boy
Two new books challenge the assumption that it’s impossible to reach that kid with the wispy mustache. In fact, reaching him is more important than ever.
New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Caffeine to the Space Race
A selection of recent audiobooks of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Zonked on Vicodin in the Corner Office
Jay McInerney on two new accounts of drug addiction in the white-collar world.
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