Book Review: ‘My Name Is Iris,’ by Brando Skyhorse
Brando Skyhorse’s novel is the subtly dystopian story of a Mexican American woman who realizes that America has become less welcoming to people like her.
A Poet Captures the Terror of Life in an Authoritarian State
A memoir by Tahir Hamut Izgil, a Uyghur intellectual who escaped China, explores the corrosive effect of repression and surveillance on his community.
Book Review: ‘Ariane,’ by Claude Anet
Reading Claude Anet’s provocative 1920 novel “Ariane: A Russian Girl,” the reader may yearn for a little less conversation.
Book Review: ‘The Lookback Window,’ by Kyle Dillon Hertz
In Kyle Dillon Hertz’s novel, “The Lookback Window,” a victim of child sexual abuse questions what healing looks like when a law gives him the chance to press charges against his assailants.
Book Review: ‘Time’s Mouth,’ by Edan Lepucki
In “Time’s Mouth,” a time traveler forms a cult for pregnant women in the woods of Northern California.
Book Review: ‘Waiting to Be Arrested at Night,’ by Tahir Hamut Izgil
In his memoir, “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night,” the poet Tahir Hamut Izgil evokes the fear and danger of daily life for a Chinese ethnic minority that has been the target of a brutal crackdown.
Book Review: ‘Family Lore,’ by Elizabeth Acevedo
In Elizabeth Acevedo’s new novel, a family grapples with life and grief after their sister, who can predict death, decides to host a wake for herself.
Book Review: ‘Flirting With Danger,’ by Janet Wallach
In “Flirting With Danger,” Janet Wallach tells the story of Marguerite Harrison, who traded a life of privilege to become America’s first international female spy.
New Voices Dominate Booker Prize Nominations
Four of the 13 books that will compete for the prestigious literary award are debuts, in a longlist that the judges said was “defined by its freshness.”
Book Review: ‘Christendom,’ by Peter Heather
In “Christendom,” the medievalist Peter Heather takes on a crucial millennium.
Obsessed with the Ocean, Susan Casey Takes the Plunge
Susan Casey has long been enchanted by the deep ocean. For her book “The Underworld,” she finally got to visit that unforgiving landscape herself.
Book Review: ‘Witness,’ by Jamel Brinkley
In his new story collection, Jamel Brinkley investigates the impact of seeing and being seen.
Book Review: ‘Tom Lake,’ by Ann Patchett
This time the celebrated novelist spins the cozy tale of a former actress, her three daughters and their rueful memories. There’s a cherry orchard, too.
Book Review: ‘Whalefall,’ by Daniel Kraus
In Daniel Kraus’s “Whalefall,” a scuba diver, inadvertently swallowed alive by a 60-ton sperm whale, tries to escape.
Back in the Saddle and Out on the Water
A critic recommends old and new titles.
Essay: D.H. Lawrence and the Search for the ‘Essential American Soul’
Inflamed, impertinent and deeply insightful, D.H. Lawrence’s “Studies in Classic American Literature” remains startlingly relevant 100 years after it was originally published.
Mari Ruti, Scholar of Gender, Sexuality and More, Dies at 59
Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.
Why Is It So Darn Hot?
Jennifer Szalai discusses recent books about natural history, and Jeff Goodell talks about his new climate change book, “The Heat Will Kill You First.”
14 New Books Coming in August
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92
Her research proved that a 19th-century book presumed to be a novel by a white woman was actually an autobiography by a formerly enslaved Black woman.
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