Ralph Ellison’s Life in Letters
Saidiya Hartman talks about Ellison’s correspondence, and Olaf Olafsson discusses his new novel, “The Sacrament.”
Like People, Ghosts Come in Many Colors
Inspired by great writers, an artist shares a colorful palette of spirits.
The Explosive Y.A. Novels Fans Have Been Waiting For
Tomi Adeyemi’s sequel to “Children of Blood and Bone,” the once-canceled, now revised “Blood Heir” and more books that will get readers talking.
New in Paperback: ‘The Life of Saul Bellow’ and ‘The Shades’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
A Poltergeist Who Adores Apricots and Cat-Loving A.I.
The latest in science fiction and fantasy.
What’s a Best Book? And What Isn’t?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Revisiting Thomas Lynch and American Funerals
This week, Scott Simon reviews the poet Thomas Lynch’s collection of essays “The Depositions.” In 1997, Susan Jacoby wrote for the Book Review about “The Undertaking,” Lynch’s collection of essays about being a funeral director.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Helping Children Understand Death
There’s no easy way to have those hard conversations about mortality, but these picture books keep the tone calm, peaceful and approachable.
Three New Books Will Take You to Places You’ve Never Gone Before
From the high seas to the deepest sewers to the South Pole, these books let you live vicariously through the world’s most intrepid explorers.
The Turkish Novelist Elif Shafak Wants You to Read More Women
“Read women writers, women journalists, women poets, women academics.”
Sex Sells. It’s True Now and It Was True 100 Years Ago.
In 1920, a publisher told The Times, “It is my firm conviction that any book that deals sincerely with real life, that is a first-rate book, is bound to succeed.”
Timeless Words
An artist illuminates the opening to Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” — with a modern twist.
New & Noteworthy, From Adventure Journalism to Civil Rights
A selection of recent releases of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Critic Returns To The Books, TV, Music And Movies He Didn't Get To In 2019
Few things haunt a critic more than loving something and not being able to share it. This year, Fresh Air critic John Powers circles back to Unbelievable, Atlantics, Where the Light Falls and more.
(Image credit: Beth Dubber/Netflix)
Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life
Gillian Gill’s new biography, “Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World,” traces the influences of her female family members and friends on the author’s career.
Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists
Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai on the top books of 2019.
In Roald Dahl’s Car
A young hitchhiker’s encounter with the famous author’s macabre imagination.
The Best Poetry Books of 2019
Our columnist chooses 10 collections that stuck with him this year.
You Have Arrived…
An artist considers closure from all angles, some more precarious than others.
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