Book Review: “Cocktails With George and Martha” by Philip Gefter
With Burton and Taylor as stars and a writer and director feuding, adapting the scabrous play wasn’t easy. “Cocktails With George and Martha” pours out the details.
New Historical Fiction Books
From England and France to the deepest Arctic and northern China, these stories will transport you.
Two Books From Down Under
Scrappy domestic novellas and a novel about the unhappy rich.
Move over, senior center — these 5 books center seniors
These books, including Roxana Robinson's Leaving, which comes out on Tuesday, all concern older women — some in their 60s, others in their 90s — who fully intend to enjoy all their years.
Move over, senior center — these 5 books center seniors
These books, including Roxana Robinson's Leaving, which comes out on Tuesday, all concern older women — some in their 60s, others in their 90s — who fully intend to enjoy all their years.
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A Graphic Novel Finds a Relatable Hero in a Modern African Woman
The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa.
‘Kubrick,’ by Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
On the 25th anniversary of the director’s death, two film scholars have published “Kubrick: An Odyssey.”
Book Review: ‘Leaving,’ by Roxana Robinson
In her new novel, “Leaving,” Roxana Robinson reunites a former couple. One of them is divorced; the other is still married. What now?
Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45
One of the first quadriplegic Harvard graduates, she became an author, professor and powerful voice for disabled people.
Reading Recommendations From Book Review Staffers
Here’s what they’ve enjoyed in 2024.
Richard Gambino, 84, Dies; Fought Discrimination Against Italian Americans
He directed the Italian American studies program at Queens College — the first of its type in American academia — and wrote about his ethnic group in “Blood of My Blood.”
Is Bigfoot real? A new book dives deep into the legend
The Secret History of Bigfoot explores the myth and its lingering appeal.'/>
The Secret History of Bigfoot is a smart, hilarious, and wonderfully immersive journey into the history of Bigfoot, the culture around it, the people who obsess about it, and the psychology behind it.
(Image credit: Kayana Szymczak)
Is Bigfoot real? A new book dives deep into the legend
The Secret History of Bigfoot is a smart, hilarious, and wonderfully immersive journey into the history of Bigfoot, the culture around it, the people who obsess about it, and the psychology behind it.
(Image credit: Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images)
Rachel Carson’s Sky Writing Is Now a Picture Book
In “Something About the Sky,” the National Book Award-winning marine biologist brings her signature sense of wonder to the science of clouds.
Book Review: ‘Dear Sister,’ by Michelle Horton, and ‘My Side of the River,’ by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
“Dear Sister” and “My Side of the River” tell vastly different stories about ordinary people looking back on extraordinary circumstances.
Audiobook Review: ‘Day,’ by Michael Cunningham
The actor reads Michael Cunningham’s “Day,” a novel that visits a husband, wife and brother on the same day in April over three years.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Pregame the Super Bowl with our favorite football fiction
Of course, leave it to the gigantic nerds at NPR to throw a literary tailgate ... but to thine own self be true, even if it means getting stuffed into your locker later this afternoon.
Pregame the Super Bowl with our favorite football fiction
Of course, leave it to the gigantic nerds at NPR to throw a literary tailgate ... but to thine own self be true, even if it means getting stuffed into your locker later this afternoon.
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Books from Mexico, Netherlands, and Japan bring rewrites of history, teen tales
Books from writers Álvaro Enrigue, Simone Atangana Bekono, and Kiyoko Murata may not come from the same place — but they still work in conversation with each other.
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