Book Review: ‘Jaded,’ by Ela Lee
In “Jaded,” a young lawyer searches for justice after she’s sexually assaulted by a colleague.
Book Review: ‘The New York Game,’ by Kevin Baker
In his book “The New York Game,” Kevin Baker tells the origin story of the sport we know today.
Book Review: ‘Bad Animals,’ by Sarah Braunstein
In “Bad Animals,” Sarah Braunstein asks who has the right to tell a story — and whether it’s possible to get pulled into one against your will.
Book Review: ‘On Gaslighting,’ by Kate Abramson
“On Gaslighting,” by the philosophy professor Kate Abramson, explores the psychological phenomenon behind the hashtags.
Book Review: ‘One Way Back,’ by Christine Blasey Ford
Her lucid memoir, “One Way Back,” describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school.
Talking ‘Dune’: Book and Movies
The Times’s critic Alissa Wilkinson discusses Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel and Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptations.
Authors Withdraw From PEN World Voices Festival Over Its Response to Gaza War
More than a dozen authors, including Lorrie Moore, Naomi Klein, Michelle Alexander, Hisham Matar and Isabella Hammad, have signed a protest letter that announced their withdrawal.
Welcome to the London Book Fair, Where Everyone Knows Their Place
If you want to understand the power map of the publishing industry, just look at this event’s floor plan.
In 'The Manicurist's Daughter,' a refugee family goes on after its matriarch's death
Author Susan Lieu transforms her acclaimed 2019 one-woman show — 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother -- into a memoir of her family after the death of her mother due to botched plastic surgery.
‘The Boxcar Children,’ by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Turns 100
Gertrude Chandler Warner’s “The Boxcar Children,” celebrating its 100th year, depicts the delights of concocting scrumptious meals.
Book Review: ‘Annie Bot,’ by Sierra Greer
Sierra Greer’s debut novel, “Annie Bot,” explores questions of misogyny and toxic masculinity by following a pleasure robot that begins to develop her own consciousness.
‘Rear Window’ Redux, With a Blind Girl Twist
In Armando Lucas Correa’s thriller “The Silence in Her Eyes,” vision impairment only enhances a young woman’s sense of neighborly discord — and danger is in the air.
Dan Wakefield, Multifaceted Writer on a Spiritual Journey, Dies at 91
He was prolific and acclaimed, producing novels, journalism, essays, criticism, screenplays and, in a memoir, an account of his path from faith to atheism and back again.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Attempts to Ban Books Accelerated in 2023
Book challenges around the country reached the highest levels ever recorded by a library organization.
The stories in 'Green Frog' are wildly entertaining and wonderfully diverse
Gina Chung's collection is a fantastic medley of short stories that dance between literary fiction, fable, Korean folklore, and science fiction — and one that's full of emotional intelligence.
Writing a Book About Grief Isn’t Always Cathartic
Sloane Crosley’s apartment was robbed. Then her friend died. The only sensible thing to do was write about how it felt — and still feels.
What Is Your Favorite Funny Novel? We Want to Know.
The staff book critics of The New York Times selected 22 of their favorite comic novels in English since “Catch-22.” What would top your list?
22 of the Funniest Novels
Because we could all use a laugh.
Interview: Kate Zambreno on ‘Heroines’
Men’s personal narratives are dissected; women’s are “dismissed as merely autofiction or memoir,” says the author of “The Light Room: On Art and Care.” Her 2012 “Heroines” has just been reissued.
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