New French Fiction: From Farm to Table, With Feasting in Between
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s “Animalia” follows a rural family while Marie NDiaye’s “The Cheffe” charts a career in the kitchen.
'A History Of New York In 27 Buildings' Is A Love Letter To The Big Apple
More than a mere chronicler armed with facts and dates, Sam Roberts is a nonfiction writer with the heart of a novelist; he's writing about buildings — but he does so while telling engaging stories.
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‘Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For,’ by Susan Rice: An Excerpt
An excerpt from ‘Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For,’ by Susan Rice
A Righteous Fire Burns At The Heart Of Women-In-Hip-Hop's 'God Save The Queens'
Kathy Iandoli goes far beyond hoisting her heroes upon a pedestal; in rendering them as conflicted, complicated artists struggling against sexism and patriarchy, she wields an illuminating fury.
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10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
He’s Played Churchill and Lear. But for John Lithgow, Audiobooks Test His Mettle.
“Stamina is the real challenge: a hoarse voice, a tired brain and a sore ass. But as with all the spoken arts, the only bad experience is bad writing.”
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The latest crop of horror fiction — some new, some reissued — is truly the stuff of nightmares.
In 'Janis,' Joplin Shown To Be A Tangle Of Talents, Contradictions And Mythology
Holly George-Warren's research, eye for detail, illuminating contextualization and clear delivery make for a far more rounded and convincing image of the musician's precocity than seen previously.
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In 'All This Could Be Yours,' A Day In The Death Of A Toxic Narcissist
In her new novel, Jami Attenberg dives deep into the dark heart of one family over the course of one long day, as their abusive, angry patriarch lies dying in the hospital after a heart attack.
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Top Aide To Former Defense Chief James Mattis Recounts What The General Has Not
Holding the Line is the tell-all many wished Mattis' own Call Sign Chaos had been. But for all of Guy Snodgrass' in-the-room accounts, there are some unverifiable elements and inaccuracies.
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New & Noteworthy, From Ghost Stories to Essays on Female Identity
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Essayist Ventures 'From The Greeks To Game Of Thrones' — And Back Again
Daniel Mendelsohn is a living answer to the question, "What will a degree in Classics do for you?" His new essay collection, Ecstasy and Terror, "cross-pollinates" the classics with popular culture.
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'Last Of Her Name' Urges Readers: Only Connect
Mimi Lok's debut story collection — a perceptive look at the connections we make and fail to make — doesn't read like a debut. Lok writes with the self-assuredness of a literary veteran.
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Hisham Matar Spent ‘A Month in Siena’ Staring at Art
The new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is part travelogue and part art criticism, a reflection on the power of art to affect us deeply.
Shut Up and Drink Your Champagne: The Impossible Life of the Impossible Elaine Stritch
In “Still Here,” a biography by Alexandra Jacobs, Stritch comes across as a matchless talent and a hopeless neurotic.
Demi Moore, Julie Andrews and Carly Simon Tell All
These three memoirs were all written by famous women — but that’s about all they have in common.
An Inventor’s Life That Was Incandescent Any Way You Look at It
In a new biography of Thomas Edison, Edmund Morris tells the story in reverse — starting at the end and going backward to his birth.
Former Cambridge Analytica Director Says She Saw Company Techniques 'As Savvy'
There's a victim-blamey tone in Brittany Kaiser's memoir Targeted, but what it offers over other look-backs is a more in-the-room account of what exactly, she alleges, was in the company's pitch deck.
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Trump's Former VA Secretary Describes 'Toxic' Washington Culture In New Book
David Shulkin's memoir, It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country, focuses on his time as veterans affairs secretary, tells of his fights against privatizing the VA — and settles some scores.
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