The Enthusiast: In Praise of Evan S. Connell
Again and again, when I meet people who don’t know the book, I find myself being a “Mrs. Bridge” evangelist, telling them that it’s a perfect novel.
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Regency Romance Crashes Into Dragon-Filled Dystopia In 'The Sky Is Yours'
Chandler Klang Smith's novel, set in a crumbling far-future metropolis menaced by dragons, is a dizzying, delirious crash of wonders and grotesqueries, spiked with crackling dialogue and detail.
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By the Book: Robert Coover: By the Book
The postmodern fiction writer Robert Coover (who once had ambitions to be a graphic novelist) saves his real reading and writing for after midnight.
Fiction: Denis Johnson’s Death-Infused Last Stories
In a posthumous collection, “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” Johnson continues the preoccupation that haunted his career.
Poetry: For Ursula
A poem by the Nebula Award-winning fantasy writer Naomi Novik, in remembrance of Ursula K. Le Guin.
Gorgeous Colors and Fraught Feelings Spill Over In 'The Lie'
Tommi Parrish's new graphic novel is about a seemingly inconsequential encounter — old, estranged friends spend a few hours talking and drinking — but it's bursting with style and emotion.
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Nonfiction: A Conservative’s Case Against Donald Trump
David Frum argues in “Trumpocracy” that the president is a menace to the Republic.
Nonfiction: A Remarkable Man Among Remarkable Men and Women
David N. Schwartz’s “The Last Man Who Knew Everything” recounts the life of the great physicist Enrico Fermi.
'The Friend' Is No Shaggy Dog Story
Sigrid Nunez's new novel follows a woman mourning the suicide of a close friend, mentor and fellow writer — and the upheaval after she reluctantly takes in his huge, bereft (and smelly) Great Dane.
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The Passion and Peril of Birding
Three new books, reviewed by Richard Prum, take an unvarnished look at birdmania, from the fun to the pathological.
Help Desk: Everything You Can Do, They Can Do Better
Foreign self-help advice for American strivers: French tips on geriatric sex and generic charm, plus Swedish and Japanese hints on achieving serenity.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Tales From Behind the Camera?
Books that reveal the process of making glamorous productions on stage and screen.
Front Burner: New Book on the History of American Food
Personal accounts add color to Bruce Kraig’s “A Rich and Fertile Land.”
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
'The Perfect Nanny' Is The Working Mother's Murderous Nightmare
Leila Slimani's taut new novel centers on a nanny who kills her two young charges. Critic Maureen Corrigan says despite its retrograde message, The Perfect Nanny is a guilty pleasure.
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Fiction: A Novel That Asks, What if Abortion Were Again Illegal?
“Red Clocks,” by Leni Zumas, imagines a dystopian near-future in which women are once again stripped of reproductive freedoms.
Ten Years After The Rising, 'Iron Gold' Asks: What Now?
Pierce Brown's rip-roaring Romans-in-space series Red Rising seemed to come to a triumphant end with last year's Morning Star. But what was the cost of that triumph, and where will it lead?
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Denis Johnson Leaves Us With His Best In 'Largesse Of The Sea Maiden'
Denis Johnson finished his first story collection in 25 years just before he died. The pieces in it are stunning, dark, sometimes as bleak as anything he's ever written — but miraculous to read.
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Profile: Your Book Editor Just Snagged Your Spot on the Best-Seller List
Daniel Mallory submitted “The Woman in the Window,” a psychological thriller, under a pseudonym. His own publishing house bought it.
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