Nonfiction: ‘No Apparent Distress’ Tackles the Distress of the Sick, Poor and Uninsured
Rachel Pearson’s med-school memoir describes her experiences trying to help the uninsured poor.
Fiction: ‘The Locals’ Explores the Tensions Between Townies and Weekenders
When a hedge fund titan moves to the Berkshires in Jonathan Dee’s new novel, life for the residents begins to change.
Critic’s Take: The Invisible Forces That Make Writing Work
What goes into a finished piece of writing? Many things we writers cannot see.
Children’s Books: Get Thee to Middle School! A Ren Faire Heroine Meets the Real World
In Victoria Jamieson’s brilliant new graphic novel, “All’s Faire in Middle School,” the rules of school are even more complex than the rules of swordplay.
Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: the voice of John le Carré.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to “Chief Engineer,” parenting and more.
Children’s Books: You Can’t Teach Kids Empathy, but These Picture Books Inspire It
These authors and illustrators use a light touch to depict all kinds of children and families living, working and playing in peace and harmony.
In Conversation: Spies Like Us: A Conversation With John le Carré and Ben Macintyre
Sarah Lyall interviews two masters of espionage on the page.
The Shortlist: How to Speak Perfect Emoji, and Other Language Lessons
Four new books explore the constantly evolving — and playful — side of language: slang, puns and emojis.
Children’s Books: Running for Their Lives in Two Middle-Grade Novels About Track Teams
Novels from Jason Reynolds and Diana Harmon Asher feature runners who must push themselves into unfamiliar ground.
Ivory Tower: The Chirps and Ripples in the Universe That Prove Einstein Was Right
Three books on a major recent development in astronomy confirming relativity theory.
Fiction: Misfit Creatures, Otherwise Known as Kids Today
Gabe Hudson’s “Gork, the Teenage Dragon” and Jomny Sun’s “Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too” star anxious heroes navigating unfamiliar planets.
Editors' Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Essay: Tasting the Sweetness of Summer, Berry by Berry
Berries clothe seeds and fertilize them when they drop to the ground, and one summer they taught a young woman to savor time.
Essay: How I Rebuilt My Childhood Library, Book by Book
A novelist and new mother recreates her book collection for the next generation.
Essay: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past
Why the words we use to describe Sally Hemings matter.
The Enthusiast: In Praise of Barbara Pym
However remote her themes may seem beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip.
Newsbook: Trump Is Afraid We’ll Forget These Men. Should We?
Three books delve into the minds of Thomas Jefferson, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
'The Red-Haired Woman' Is A Minor Work From A Major Author
Orhan Pamuk is almost synonymous with Turkish literature; he's won the Nobel Prize for his work. But his latest, about a well-digger and his apprentice, doesn't reach the heights of his earlier books.
(Image credit: Christina Ascani/NPR)
By the Book: Louise Penny: By the Book
The author of mystery novels, most recently “Glass Houses,” recommends reading her fellow Canadian writer Margaret Atwood: “And I don’t just say that because the government compels me to.”
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