Fiction: A Novel That’s Part Noir Mystery, Part Love Letter to Bedford-Stuyvesant
In Wil Medearis’s debut, “Restoration Heights,” a young woman goes missing in a rapidly gentrifying New York neighborhood.
Children’s Books: When the Grown-Ups Stumble, These Kids Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
In new novels by Brenda Woods, Dan Gemeinhart, Alicia D. Williams and more, young protagonists learn the hard way that adults don’t have all the answers.
Nonfiction: How Tech Companies Manipulate Our Personal Data
Shoshana Zuboff’s “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” looks at the new power of behemoths like Facebook and Google.
New in Paperback: ‘The Power,’ ‘Fire and Fury’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Fiction: A Madcap New Novel Bursts With Fake Gurus, Yoga and a Bit of Bone-Marrow Smuggling
“Hark” — Sam Lipsyte’s first novel since 2010’s “The Ask” — is a riff-filled skewering of contemporary culture.
Books News: All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups?
Deborah Harkness’s best-selling series — brimming with magic, time travel and witches — has spawned an avid fan base, an annual convention, and now, a splashy TV adaptation.
Further Reading: Mary Oliver on Grief and Loss
Oliver, the hugely popular poet, died Thursday. Readers turned to her work to find comfort. Here’s a selection of some of her best-known writing on loss and mourning.
Fiction: Exploring the Personal Legacy of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann
In her novel “Unquiet” their daughter, Linn Ullmann, recaptures memories of her childhood, portraying a family that was splintered from the start.
In 'Why We Fight,' One Man Searches For Self-Knowledge Through Mixed Martial Arts
Josh Rosenblatt's personal meditation on fighting and selfhood is replete with engaging literary and historical excursions — giving the idea of fighting a dignity it might be harder to grant without.
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Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'You Know You Want This' Takes Risks On Every Level
Kristin Roupenian went viral with her New Yorker short story "Cat Person." And that story is in her new collection, but she goes much further, with genre switches, shock endings, even a fairy tale.
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Youthful Angst Is Fresh And Compelling In 'Last Night In Nuuk'
Niviaq Korneliussen's new novel follows five people in Greenland's capital Nuuk; it's a heartbreaking yet hopeful look at young, queer life in one of the most isolated places in the world.
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By the Book: Leila Slimani: By the Book
The author of “The Perfect Nanny” and “Adèle” likes the fact that her shelves are a mess: “It takes me a long time to find the book I need, and very often I find another one I had totally forgotten about.”
Nonfiction: Behind the Guitar Heroes
In “The Birth of Loud,” Ian Port traces the invention and evolution of the electric guitar.
'Joy Enough' Recalls A Daughter's All-Encompassing Love For Her Mother
Sarah McColl unstintingly puts her heart on the page as she reflects on caring for her dying mother, with whom she is unimaginably close, as her marriage fails.
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'Fence' Shows That In Sports, Sometimes It's Not About Winning
C.S. Pacat's comic about rivalries and relationships in the overheated world of elite high school fencers stars a brash outsider up against a sleek yet surly prodigy at the top of his game.
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Essay: Reading Proust in the Gulag
What books do we turn to as we prepare to die?
Newsbook: As Los Angeles Teachers Strike, 3 Books Chronicle Educators’ Years-long Fight for Better Working Conditions
Their claims and demands are not new.
Nonfiction: Tracing the Rise of a Guardian Hacker
In “Breaking and Entering,” Jeremy Smith tells the story of a brilliant, larger-than-life computer scientist who runs her own boutique cybersecurity firm.
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