Oprah Shamed James Frey. He’s Back Anyway.
Twenty years after “A Million Little Pieces” became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.
Book Review: ‘Charlottesville,’ by Deborah Baker
In “Charlottesville: An American Story,” Deborah Baker retraces the events leading up to the violent Unite the Right rally in 2017 and its political aftermath.
For Abby Jimenez, Being a Best Selling Romance Writer is the Icing on the Cake
She’s the author of “Say You’ll Remember Me” and six other romance novels. She owns three bakeries. She’s also really tired.
Book Review: ‘Murderland,’ by Caroline Fraser
“Murderland,” by the Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser, considers possible links between the region’s industrial pollution and its most infamous murderers.
Book Review: ‘John Hancock,’ by Willard Sterne Randall
A new biography by Willard Sterne Randall shows how 18th-century Boston’s most popular businessman put his mark on the American Revolution.
Book Review: ‘Homework,’ by Geoff Dyer
In a new memoir, Geoff Dyer reflects how seemingly trivial moments and objects of childhood end up playing an outsize role in our lives.
Book Review: ‘So Far Gone,’ by Jess Walter
In Jess Walter’s new novel, “So Far Gone,” a retired environmentalist turned recluse comes out of isolation to find his grandchildren.
Thrilling Fantasy Books That Reimagine Myths and Folklore
Drawing on folklore traditions from around the world, these thrilling and entertaining books put fresh spins on classic tales.
Paul Durcan, Irish Poet of Tortured and Tender Souls, Dies at 80
He survived electroshock treatments and the threat of lobotomy to become one of Ireland’s most popular poets. The Irish Times called him a “literary phenomenon.”
S.A. Cosby on the Appeal of Small-Town Crime Stories
In “King of Ashes,” the novelist again returns to rural Virginia as a setting, with a hero who has to face the family he once fled.
Book Review: ‘The Haves and Have-Yachts,’ by Evan Osnos
In “The Haves and Have-Yachts,” the New Yorker writer Evan Osnos presents an urbane set of profiles in excess.
Book Review: ‘The One and Future World Order,’ by Amitav Acharya; ‘The Golden Road,’ by William Dalrymple
In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself.
New Crime Fiction
Our columnist on the month’s most notable releases.
Timely Children’s Parables About Greed
In the novel “Peachaloo in Bloom,” the selfishness belongs to one man. In the picture book “The Wanting Monster,” it belongs to us all.
Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition
As an author (often blurring the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction), a film director, a lyricist and a host of TV and radio shows, he sought to capture his epoch.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Susan Choi on Her Favorite Books and Her New Novel, ‘Flashlight’
The list includes “Heartwood,” “Other Worlds,” “The Wall” and “The Fact Checker.” Her own new novel is “Flashlight.”
Book Review: ‘Notes on Infinity,’ by Austin Taylor
In Austin Taylor’s novel “Notes on Infinity,” the speed of success prevents undergraduate founders from reflecting on, let alone fixing, an original sin.
Writers and Artists Remember Edmund White
In these reflections, colleagues, friends and admirers recall his risk-taking, his generosity and his insatiable taste for gossip.
Edmund White, Pioneer of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 85
He mined his own varied catalog of sexual experiences in more than 30 books of fiction and explicitly candid memoirs.
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