New Historical Fiction
Welcome to three novels set in locales where life is exceedingly difficult.
Friendship in Three New Books for Early Readers
Otis and Peanut, Panda and Squirrel, and Bear and Bird bravely follow in the footsteps of Frog and Toad and George and Martha.
Friendship in Three New Books for Early Readers
Otis and Peanut, Panda and Squirrel, and Bear and Bird bravely follow in the footsteps of Frog and Toad and George and Martha.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival
The Encores! production, directed by Lear deBessonet, looks to deepen and darken a musical that resists the change. But it’s still delightful.
Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Polymathic Cultural Historian, Dies at 81
His books covered an unusual range of subjects, including the trajectory of railroad tracks and why the South claimed a “moral” victory in the Civil War.
Maggie Smith’s Muse Is Central Ohio
The author of “You Could Make This Place Beautiful” finds poetry and hard-won peace in a suburb east of Columbus.
Maggie Smith’s Muse Is Central Ohio
The author of “You Could Make This Place Beautiful” finds poetry and hard-won peace in a suburb east of Columbus.
4 Books That Offer a Bouquet of Design Inspiration
New books on Elverhoj, Frances Elkins, offshore décor and designing with plants.
Meet Nancy Hale, the Jazz Age Rebel Who Chronicled Women’s Lives
A decorated writer in the 1940s, Nancy Hale analyzed the gap between the rhetoric of liberation and the realities of female experience. Why has she fallen into obscurity?
By the Book: Sarah Sze Wishes She Could Hear Gertrude Stein Pick a Fight
The artist, whose exhibition “Timelapse” is at the Guggenheim, would invite Stein to dinner with Cervantes and Murasaki Shikibu: “Stein might instigate a … debate on the origin of the modern novel.”
Stuck in a Rut? You’re Not Alone.
Change is hard; everybody knows that. These books might provide the gentle nudge you need.
Poem: [I want to wake up]
This unembarrassed love poem by Bhanu Kapil ends with a miraculous surprise.
What Tucker Carlson’s Text Message Says About His Code of Whiteness
The racial ideology revealed in the former Fox News host’s text message.
Bebe Buell, Rock ’n’ Roll Muse, Sings Her Own Song
Decades after those wild nights at Max’s Kansas City and her many rock-star romances, she is making the case for herself.
Newly Published, From Roller Disco to ‘Frankenstein’ With Dinosaurs
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘Homegrown,’ by Jeffrey Toobin
“Homegrown,” by Jeffrey Toobin, revisits the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, finding ominous parallels between the bomber’s anti-government extremism and the views of Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
Book Review: ‘The Covenant of Water,’ by Abraham Verghese
“The Covenant of Water” follows three generations of a close-knit and haunted family in southwestern India.
Book Review: ‘The Story of Art Without Men,’ by Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel’s “The Story of Art Without Men” is a compendium of female artists from the 1500s to today.
A ‘Greenwich Village’ on the Prairie
When Mari Sandoz, chronicler of frontier life, fled the Sandhills of Nebraska, she found fertile creative ground among the poets and artists of Lincoln. Exploring her world.
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