Book Review: ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’ by Cheuk Kwan
From the Arctic to the Amazon, Cheuk Kwan traces a diaspora through Chinese restaurants owned and operated by immigrant families.
Readers Share Their Favorite Books of 2022
New York Times readers recommend some of their favorite books, new and old, that they read in 2022.
Book Review: ‘Ghost Music,’ by An Yu
“Ghost Music” follows a piano teacher in Beijing as she struggles to connect to her husband and mother-in-law over meals of mysterious mushrooms.
The Most Sought After Manuscript in Publishing? The Jan. 6 Report.
Publishers are releasing more than half a dozen editions of the report, and are now in a frantic race to be first to market.
Newly Published, From Worker Justice to Sound Waves
A selection of recently published books.
Audiobook Review: ‘The Number Ones,’ by Tom Breihan; ‘How Far the Light Reaches,’ by Sabrina Imbler; ‘Young Bloomsbury,’ by Nino Strachey
From Bloomsbury to the Billboard Hot 100, these audiobooks will hook you based on story alone.
Xi Xi, Whose Writing Defined a Changing Hong Kong, Dies at 85
Her work captured the unease of Hong Kong’s transition to Chinese rule, gave voice to the city’s children and working-class residents, and helped put it on the literary map.
How This ‘Book Club’ Takes Erotica to Unexpected Locations
The so-called Perverted Book Club is hosting readings in surprising locations across New York. Look out, Sbarro.
On Gay Street, Another Piece of NYC’s History Is Coming Down
Like other vulnerable landmarks across the city, the house at 14 Gay Street — which helped inspire the musical “Wonderful Town” — is being demolished.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In the Village, Another Piece of the City’s History Is Coming Down
Like other vulnerable landmarks across the city, the house at 14 Gay Street — which helped inspire the musical “Wonderful Town” — is being demolished.
What Inspires a Poet to Write a Novel? Ask Kathleen Glasgow.
After charmingly announcing that “Girl in Pieces” is a No. 1 best seller, the author opened up about why she wrote this book.
The Dinner Party Writers Dream Of
Some authors are better on the page. Others, though, promise a rollicking good time. For a decade, we’ve asked authors which writers they’d like as dining companions. Here’s what they told us.
Poem: Dootł’izh
The Navajo word can mean both green or blue. In this poem, it is perhaps a metaphor for the mixture of elusive emotions that can coexist within humans.
New Mysteries and Crime Novels
In “Blaze Me a Sun,” by Christoffer Carlsson, murders and disappearances pile up in a small Swedish town.
Read Your Way Through Edinburgh
Edinburgh calls to readers, its pearl-grey skies urging them to curl up with a book. Maggie O’Farrell, the author of “Hamnet,” suggests reading that best reflects her city.
Book Review: ‘Beaverland,’ by Leila Philip
“Beaverland,” by Leila Philip, offers an appreciative account of the North American rodent, whose habit of taking down trees and causing floods has given it a reputation as a nuisance.
Book Review: ‘Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins,’ by Aidan Levy
Aidan Levy has written a revealing, comprehensive biography of the improviser-hero Sonny Rollins.
Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence
Memoirs by his collaborators are among the works available now, and several others are on the horizon.
The Portrait Hung in Joan Didion’s Home. But Who Painted It?
No one in Didion’s circle knew the mysterious painting’s origin. The publicity created by an auction of her belongings brought the first clues in years — and the answer.
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