Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel became a best seller, but was also heavily criticized for its portrayal of Black characters. Now, she has written second novel, “The Calamity Club.”
In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden.
The novel “Goddess Complex,” by Sanjena Sathian, takes a sharp turn from an existential crisis into a more literal one.
Novelized accounts of historical figures’ lives are hugely popular. But do we really want to draw back the curtain on history and find people talking and acting the way we do?
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
But a full calendar meant carving out time for “Theft,” his new book and first since winning the prize.
The novel, “Sparrow and Vine” by Sophie Lark, was due out in April from Bloom Books. Readers with advance copies criticized passages that they found racist — or that praised Elon Musk.
A notable poet in his own right, he was best known for rendering into English the words of a poet who reacted to the Holocaust by inventing a new version of German.
Didion’s influential account of the era, “The White Album,” captures the ripples of terror provoked by the 1969 murders.
Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more.
The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”
A cache of family documents led a journalist to discover the source of the wealth that allowed his family to remake life in Australia after surviving World War II in Europe.
A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better.
In a new essay collection, A. Kendra Greene translates her experiences of our bizarre and marvelous world.
Jinwoo Chong’s new novel, “I Leave It Up to You,” is a story of food, family and new beginnings after a tragedy.
Before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee had written short stories in which she explored some of its themes and characters.
In Agustina Bazterrica’s new novel, “The Unworthy,” a dystopian future ravaged by climate change has stripped the world of food, water and human connection.
As the Trump administration pushes for renewed business ties with Russia, a new book looks back at the companies that helped prop up illiberalism in the country.
A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars.
In Laila Lalami’s new novel, a woman finds herself trapped in a nightmarish system of surveillance and detention.
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