Interview: Jenny Slate on ‘Lifeform’ and Her Reading Life
“It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She thanks her own mother for the gift of Margaret Atwood.
Book Review: ‘The Impossible Man,’ by Patchen Barss
“The Impossible Man,” by Patchen Barss, depicts the British mathematical physicist and Nobelist Sir Roger Penrose in all his iconoclastic complexity.
Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’ Wins the Booker Prize
Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set aboard a space station.
Book Review: ‘Set My Heart on Fire,’ by Izumi Suzuki
“Set My Heart on Fire” follows a young woman through a world of drugs, music and highly conditional relationships.
Book Review: ‘Four Points of the Compass,’ by Jerry Brotton
In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.
Book Review: ‘Every Arc Bends Its Radian,’ by Sergio De La Pava
Sergio De La Pava’s novel “Every Arc Bends Its Radian” is a detective story that takes a strange turn in Colombia’s dark underbelly.
Jamie Oliver Pulls Children’s Book Amid Criticism of Insensitivity
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.
Book Review: ‘The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.,’ by Peter Ames Carlin
In a new biography, Peter Ames Carlin chronicles the rise of an indispensable band and the evolution of its music.
Which Novel Should Win the Booker Prize? Have Your Say.
Percival Everett’s “James” is favorite for the prestigious literary award. But the likes of Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” or Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital” could take the prize instead.
How ‘The Wild Robot’ Was Born in a Weedy Patch of Manhattan
Peter Brown’s obsession with the abandoned railway that became the High Line led to two best sellers — including “The Wild Robot,” which is now a blockbuster movie.
5 Reissued Crime Fiction Classics
Our columnist on a handful of recently reissued crime novels, all of which are worth your time.
5 Reissued Crime Fiction Classics
Our columnist on a handful of recently reissued crime novels, all of which are worth your time.
I Gave My Son the Books I Loved. He Chose ‘Heidi’ Instead.
What a 19th-century Swiss novel, and a young fan’s pilgrimage to the Alps, taught me about fatherhood.
Bruce Degen, Who Drew ‘The Magic School Bus,’ Dies at 79
He memorably portrayed a frizzy-haired science teacher roping her elementary school class into adventures aboard a shape-shifting yellow bus.
Book Review: ‘Talkin’ Greenwich Village,’ by David Browne
In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street.
Book Review: ‘Didion & Babitz,’ by Lili Anolik
In a dual biography, the journalist Lili Anolik casts the two writers as opposite sides of the same ambitious, 1960s-Hollywood coin.
Book Review: ‘Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel,’ by Edwin Frank
In “Stranger Than Fiction,” Edwin Frank maps a path from Dostoyevsky to Sebald, finding mystical power and surprising ties among 20th-century writers.
Book Review: ‘Her Lotus Year,’ by Paul French
As Paul French argues in a new biography, the future Duchess of Windsor’s year in China was less lurid — and more interesting — than her critics knew.
Book Review: ‘The Magnificent Ruins,’ by Nayantara Roy
In “The Magnificent Ruins,” an Indian expatriate reunites with her estranged family after her grandfather unexpectedly made her heir to his estate.
Book Review: ‘Seeing Further,’ by Esther Kinsky
Esther Kinsky reflects on the nature of seeing in a book about an old cinema in Hungary.
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