Two Books That Scandalized Readers
A blues novel; a baseball tell-all.
Years Later, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Wields Different Magic
As his own life unfolds, an artist reconsiders his reaction to Joan Didion’s memoir about loss.
Book Review: ‘Hard Girls,’ by J. Robert Lennon
“Hard Girls,” by J. Robert Lennon, delves into family lives built on deception and abandonment.
Book Review: ‘The Other Profile,’ by Irene Graziosi
In “The Other Profile,” a struggling grad school dropout starts to work for, and then becomes obsessed with and consumed by, a semi-famous content creator.
‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa
Even in countries where homophobia is pervasive and same-sex relationships are illegal, authors are pushing boundaries, finding an audience and winning awards.
Charles Sallis, 89, Dies; Upended the Teaching of Mississippi History
He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from schools almost as soon as it appeared.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’
We want to know what you think.
Book Review: ‘Battle for the Bird,’ by Kurt Wagner; ‘Extremely Hardcore,’ by Zoë Schiffer
Two new books about the platform chronicle its leadership under first Jack Dorsey and now Elon Musk, portraying a site reeling from user disaffection and gross mismanagement.
A Feminist Retelling of the Medusa Myth, for Middle Graders
In Katherine Marsh’s new novel, the girl with the snaky curls loses neither her head nor her wits.
Book Review: ‘A Fire So Wild,’ by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
In Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s debut novel, “A Fire So Wild,” the lives of a disparate group of people are critically linked by a terrifying blaze.
Audiobook Review: ‘Same Bed Different Dreams,’ by Ed Park
“Same Bed Different Dreams,” Ed Park’s second novel, is a heady mix of true history and high-flying fiction.
The Barefoot Memoirist: Ina Garten Takes Her Story to a New Publisher
Garten, the Food Network star and best-selling cookbook author, has moved her highly anticipated fall autobiography from Celadon to Crown.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
New Graphic Novels
Punk rock, Greek myth and a comics pioneer long lost to history bring vibrant color to this month’s releases.
In 'Cahokia Jazz,' alternate history mashes up with hardboiled noir
Francis Spufford's novel imagines a 1920s city in which Native Americans still hold territory and political power, and the "color line" doesn't exist — until a grisly murder disrupts everything.
Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange
Short-story writer Kelly Link's first novel delves into the complications of love and friendship, family drama, grief, resilience, and the power of adaptability, while delivering a supernatural tale.
The National Book Awards Opens Up to Writers Who Are Not U.S. Citizens
The awards, which celebrate the best of American literature, are expanding the definition of who qualifies.
Dolly Alderton Loves Writing Peripheral Kooks
The best-selling British writer has an eye for bit players, including ones who nudge, nag, gripe and blurt inconvenient truths.
Book Review: ‘Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story,’ by Leslie Jamison
In her powerful new memoir, the author examines a life composed of conflicting identities — and fierce, contradictory desires.
Interview: Ed Zwick
“Only then can I surrender to the spell of reading,” says the director of “Glory” and the author of “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood.”
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