It’s Fall, So the Best-Seller Lists Are Brimming With New Books
One of them, Jason Reynolds’s middle-grade novel “Look Both Ways,” is a National Book Award finalist.
What’s in the Murder Book? Marilyn Stasio Wants to Know.
Her latest Crime column features a cold case for Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch and whodunits from Susan Isaacs, Charles Todd and Deborah Crombie.
Thomas Chatterton Williams on ‘Unlearning Race’
Williams talks about his new memoir, “Self-Portrait in Black and White,” and Stephen Kinzer discusses “Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.”
Movies Cast A Spell In 'Show People'
Author Michael Newton waxes rhapsodic in his new book about a century of acting, with a special fondness for performances about performance; it's taken for granted how much we love movies.
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When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr.
“The Fire Is Upon Us,” by Nicholas Buccola, is at once a biography of two leading American intellectuals and an in-depth look at their legendary 1965 debate over civil rights.
Dark Books for Dark Times
Read these spine-tingling works of science fiction and fantasy at your own risk.
Work in Progress
Ever wonder what other people are scribbling or typing feverishly? An artist takes a peek.
'Past Their Prime' At 20? Book Chronicles Attitudes Toward Female Aging In America
Known for the punch of her columns, The New York Times' Gail Collins sprinkles conversational, sardonic asides throughout No Stopping Us Now in an effort to keep the decades-long hike spry.
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New in Paperback: ‘Bowlaway’ and ‘Heart’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Echoes of Borges in a Novel of War-Torn Venezuela
Karina Sainz Borgo’s “It Would Be Night in Caracas” traces one woman’s grief against a backdrop of political chaos.
Looking Back at Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Circle of Reason’
Ghosh’s 1986 debut tells the story of a young weaver accused of being a terrorist. Anthony Burgess, the author of “A Clockwork Orange,” reviewed it for us.
In Today’s World, Is It Possible to Be an Idealist?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Suffering From Scrappy War Hero Fatigue? Get Over It
In “Return to the Reich,” Eric Lichtblau introduces readers to Freddy Mayer, who escaped the Nazis — and then went back to fight them.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Daughter Becomes An Accomplice To Her Mother's Affair In 'Wild Game'
As a teen, Adrienne Brodeur helped her mother keep a long-term affair a secret. In her memoir, she writes of realizing that being her mother's confidant didn't equal the unconditional love she sought.
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Elton John’s Bookshelves Are Meticulous. Just Ask Him.
“I’m a very organized bloke.”
A Liberal Uneasy in the World of #MeToo Feminism
In “The Problem With Everything,” the essayist Meghan Daum scrutinizes the resurgent women’s movement, uncovering a nexus of social justice activism, marketing and empty rhetoric.
A Novel of Jamaica Brimming With Magic, Passion and History
In “A Tall History of Sugar,” Curdella Forbes uses skin as a prism to examine color, race, colonialism, heritage and — most important — love.
In 'Stolen,' Five Boys Are Caught In A Reverse Underground Railroad Toward Slavery
Richard Bell's true tale details how even as the Underground Railroad ferried enslaved people north towards freedom, free black people vanished from northern cities to be sold into plantation slavery.
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Edna O'Brien Bears Witness To Horror In 'Girl'
O'Brien's 19th novel is based on the real story of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by jihadist group Boko Haram in 2014. It's a painful and essential read that ends on a hopeful yet realistic note.
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