9 Books to Watch For in July
A new novel from Colson Whitehead, an oral history of World War II, heart-pounding thrillers and more.
‘Had I Catfished My Wife?’: A Debut Midlife-Crisis Memoir
"The Lie” details William Dameron’s late-in-life coming out.
Podcasts Are Providing A New Way Into Poetry
A poem on the page has its appeal — but poetry spoken aloud is a more intimate experience. And a new crop of podcasts are expanding poetry, giving context to poems and drawing in new audiences.
(Image credit: Peter Wynn Thompson/AP Images for the Poetry Foundation)
From Schizophrenia to Megalomania, Three New Books on Mental Illness
A short list of books includes a personal memoir about a family’s struggle with schizophrenia, a history of psychiatry and an exploration of how tyrants think.
Is Morality Hard-Wired Into Our Brains?
“Conscience,” by the neurophilosopher Patricia S. Churchland, traces moral behavior to early brain developments in mammals.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Talks About Her First Novel
Brodesser-Akner discusses “Fleishman in Trouble,” and Katherine Eban talks about “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.”
A Son’s Memoir of His Father’s Radical Beliefs, Pursuit by the F.B.I. and Ardent Love for America
“A Good American Family,” by David Maraniss, examines the paranoia and brutality of the McCarthy era through the lens of his father’s experience.
3 Memoirs That Explore The Many Facets Of Mental Illness
One in five Americans have some experience with mental illness every year — and these three new memoirs dig into that experience, whether it's the author's own illness or that of a loved one.
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Summer of Love, Where Have You Gone?
These Y.A. novels set in the Bay Area grapple with social ills caused by technology and racial injustice. But love still has its say.
Books That Will Crawl Under Your Skin — in a Good Way!
In this trio of surreal story collections, including a debut from the “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, up is down and down is up.
Talking to Neal Stephenson, Whose New Novel, ‘Fall,’ is at No. 14
“Unlike some of my hard science fiction books, such as ‘Seveneves’ — where I sweated the details of orbits, rocket engines, etc. — ‘Fall’ is meant to be read as more of a fable,” he says.
Revisiting Joyce Carol Oates’s Short Stories
In her 1984 short story collection “Last Days,” Oates examines the American experience in places such as Berlin, Poland and Africa.
New in Paperback: ‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret,’ ‘The Chandelier’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'Aloha Rodeo' Offers Alternative To The Cowboy Cliché
Journalists David Wolman and Julian Smith chronicle the history of Hawaii's cattle trade and profile a number of "paniolos" — every bit as tenacious and resourceful as their mainland cohorts.
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Stories of Family Trips and Summertime Capers
These novels take young readers along on the thrilling, scary and necessary journeys of growing up.
By the Book: Greg Iles
The author, most recently, of the novel “Cemetery Road,” finds electronic books easier on his eyes these days: “I still love the scent and feel of ink and paper, but — we do what we must.”
Champagne, Caviar And No Shame At All: Remembering Judith Krantz
The novelist, who died last week at 91, was often slammed by critics as a frivolous sex-and-shopping writer. But her luxuries were meticulously researched and her sex scenes gloriously shameless.
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Can an Outsider Tell the Story of Post-Revolution Egypt?
In “The Buried” Peter Hessler, the New Yorker writer, weaves together stories from his experience of living in Cairo for the past five years.
From the Graphic Novelist Seth, a Masterwork 20 Years in the Making
“Clyde Fans” tells the multigenerational story of a Toronto family who sells electric fans — a visual epic that captures the passage of time.
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