Book Review: ‘The Genius of Israel,’ by Dan Senor and Saul Singer
In “The Genius of Israel,” Dan Senor and Saul Singer take a look at the economic strength and high quality of life for some of the people who live in a troubled country.
Read Your Way Through Lima
Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and tropical, dense and isolated. Augusto Higa Oshiro, one of its writers, recommended books and authors that have captured its complexity.
How Britney Spears Wrote ‘The Woman in Me’
Three authors helped Britney Spears get her life story on the page.
How Britney Spears Wrote ‘The Woman in Me’
Three authors helped Britney Spears get her life story on the page.
New Books Try to Offer Shelter from Dementia’s Storm
Mixing the medical and the personal, several memoirists find literary analogies the best way to capture unwelcome visits to “unimaginable lands.”
New, Luscious Romance Books
Our romance columnist recommends four new books.
The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon
Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.
Book Review: ‘The Glutton,’ by A.K. Blakemore
A.K. Blakemore’s novel “The Glutton” reimagines the life of an 18th-century sideshow performer who could eat almost anything.
Book Review: ‘The Race to Be Myself,’ by Caster Semenya
In “The Race to Be Myself,” the Olympic runner tells the full story of her gender-based discrimination and dehumanization by the global athletics world.
KKR Closes Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster
The process of selling Simon & Schuster has been long and tumultuous, and was waylaid by an earlier antitrust suit.
Revising a Best Selling Romance Novelist Proves a Challenge
A new edition of the best selling romance writer’s 1950 novel removes blatant Jewish stereotypes, stirring debate about whether to tinker with older works.
16 New Books to Read in November: Barbra Streisand, Sigrid Nunez, Stephanie Land
Barbra Streisand’s mammoth biography, Stephanie Land’s follow-up to “Maid,” Sigrid Nunez’s new novel and more.
Watching Britney Spears, as a Girl and a Woman
For 25 years, American culture has used her body to determine a woman’s worth. In “The Woman in Me,” she asks us to take a second look.
Sigrid Nunez’s Art of Noticing
The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness.
Book Review: ‘The Vulnerables,’ by Sigrid Nunez
Set during the pandemic, Sigrid Nunez’s new novel, “The Vulnerables,” is a story of unlikely companionship and personal reflection.
Book Review: ‘Blowback,’ by Miles Taylor; ‘Renegade,’ by Adam Kinzinger; ‘Losing Our Religion,’ by Russell Moore
Three new books from different corners of conservative America talk about the ways Donald Trump disfigured the country and wrecked their public lives.
Book Review: ‘Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,’ edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel
This collection of archival treasures at the Bob Dylan Center includes fan mail from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.
Two Books for a Mental Vacation
Madeleine L’Engle’s domestic memoir; Julie Orringer’s humane short stories
Mixing Books and Burlesque
The author of “On Fire Island” wasn’t sure what to expect when she was invited to appear at a “Books & Burlesque” event. Here’s her unblushing report.
Book review: “A City on Mars,” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Probably not, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith argue in “A City on Mars.”
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