A Fake Death in Romancelandia
A Tennessee homemaker entered the online world of romance writers and it became, in her words, “an addiction.” Things went downhill from there.
Book Review: ‘Master Slave Husband Wife,’ by Ilyon Woo
“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo, relates the daring escape from bondage in Georgia to freedom in the North by an enslaved couple disguised as a wealthy planter and his property.
Hanif Kureishi Collapsed. The Dispatches He Is Writing as He Recovers Are Captivating Readers
Hanif Kureishi lost use of his arms and legs. In tweets dictated to family members, he narrates the drama, and muses about writing and art, love and patience. He’s also quite funny.
Book Review: ‘Masters of the Lost Land,’ by Heriberto Araujo
In “Masters of the Lost Land,” Heriberto Araujo investigates a region where land and people are routinely sacrificed to greed and corruption.
Book Review: ‘The Shards,’ by Bret Easton Ellis
In his latest novel, “The Shards,” the author returns to his old tropes: gruesome murder, lonely teenagers and 1980s Los Angeles.
Peter Grose, Veteran Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 88
His career with The New York Times took him to Saigon and Moscow. He drew on that experience later to write several well-received books.
Book review: “My Strange Shrinking Parents,” by Zeno Sworder, and “The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name,” by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira
Many immigrants travel to new lands in hopes of a better life, but once they arrive they often feel small.
She Witnessed Mao’s Worst Excesses. Now She Has a Warning for the World.
At 93, the memoirist Yuan-tsung Chen hopes that her recollections of China’s tumultuous past will help the country confront its historical wrongs — and avoid repeating them.
Book Review: ‘This Afterlife,’ by A.E. Stallings
A.E. Stallings draws on traditional forms and themes to create poetry that gives heft and shape to the everyday world. “This Afterlife” offers an overview of her career to date.
Book Review: ‘Forbidden Notebook,’ by Alba de Céspedes
A best-selling novelist and political activist in her native Italy, she was admired for her sensitive depictions of women and their predicaments. Recently rediscovered, her work has lost none of its subversive force.
Book Review: ‘In the Upper Country,’ by Kai Thomas, ‘Moonrise over New Jessup,’ by Jamila Minnicks and ‘Wade in the Water,’ by Nyani Nkrumah.
A collection of debut novels — “In the Upper Country,” by Kai Thomas, “Moonrise Over New Jessup,” by Jamila Minnicks, and “Wade in the Water,” by Nyani Nkrumah — explore the historical experiences of Black North Americans.
Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94
He wrote outsize histories on a panoply of subjects, found renown in Britain as an indefatigable columnist and infuriated liberals with his outspoken Tory views.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Patrick Modiano Says Good Books Make Good People
“A book that profoundly moves or thrills you makes you a more sensitive person, and therefore a better one,” says the 2014 Nobel laureate, whose new book is “Scene of the Crime.” “That is its moral function.”
Jon Meacham Grew Up With Civil War Bullets in His Backyard
The presidential biographer was raised on a battlefield, so when he was dispirited by the state of the union, it made sense to look to Lincoln.
By the Book: Patrick Modiano Says Good Books Make Good People
“A book that profoundly moves or thrills you makes you a more sensitive person, and therefore a better one,” says the 2014 Nobel laureate, whose new book is “Scene of the Crime.” “That is its moral function.”
Poem: Aise de Mayon
Sharon Olds’s elegy to young love — with a side of mayonnaise.
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ Memoir Breaks Sales Records
The steady drumbeat of revelations that preceded the book’s release helped push early orders and initial sales, making “Spare,” on its first day, one of the best-selling hardcover books in recent memory.
Netflix's ‘The Lying Life of Adults’ Depicts Ferrante’s Naples
A new adaptation of the novel “The Lying Life of Adults” features formidable female central characters and an Italy with distinct social classes.
Book Review: ‘The Diaries of Franz Kafka’
An unabridged volume of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores the rough edges and impulses that were buffed out of past editions.
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