Essay: On Food in Cormac McCarthy’s Novels
His novels are full of food scenes, often in modest digs. Why do they resonate so much?
Book Review: ‘Jan Morris: Life from Both Sides: A Biography’
A new biography examines what made the prolific travel writer and transgender figure so driven, and who was ignored along the way.
Milton Viorst, Writer Who Chronicled the Middle East, Dies at 92
He wrote that the Six-Day War was a necessary prelude to peace, but he also warned that the conflict would continue without Palestinian statehood.
The Library of Things, the Inconstant Gardener and How We Lived Then
Our critic recommends old and new books.
Book Review: ‘Motherfield,’ by Julia Cimafiejeva
In “Motherfield,” her first collection to appear in English, Julia Cimafiejeva grapples with questions of language, nationalism and oppression.
‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink
A new production of Denis Johnson’s final play showcases many of his signatures: deadpan absurdism, misfit characters, heavy drinking and statements on the bleak fact of human mortality.
Book Review: ‘You Can’t Kill Snow White,’ by Beatrice Alemagna
Beatrice Alemagna’s “You Can’t Kill Snow White,” a picture book for older kids, mines the brutal envy that underpins the original Brothers Grimm tale.
Book Review: ‘Alte Zachen/Old Things,’ by Ziggy Hanaor, and ‘My Neighborhood,’ by María José Ferrada
These old people don’t exist only for their grandchildren, if they have any, and they don’t dispense wisdom or soup.
A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery
A true-crime blogger in Virginia found a hand-drawn card signed “To Mum, love from Kit” in a used copy of “The ABC Murders” and set out to return it.
Travel Meditations From a Stuck-at-Home Vagabond
Rolf Potts, the author who inspired wanderlust in many, has mastered the art of ‘engaged travel,’ which makes you see home with fresh eyes.
Book Review: ‘Scatterlings,’ by Resoketswe Manenzhe
Resoketswe Manenzhe’s debut novel, “Scatterlings,” witnesses the dissolution of a young family in the wake of South Africa’s Immorality Act, which outlawed interracial relationships.
‘The Super 8 Years’ Review: Annie Ernaux’s Celluloid Souvenirs
In this wistful movie, the French writer and Nobel laureate revisits her life with help from her son, who’s also the director.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Best Art Books of 2022
Holland Cotter, Jason Farago and Roberta Smith round up their favorite books, from museum catalogs of high-profile shows to photographs by Native artists to the treasures of Ukraine.
Louise Penny Wrote a No. 1 Best Seller During Her Year Off
She meant to take a break but the Canadian author ended up doing what she always does: powering through a new novel.
Jane Smiley By the Book Interview
“It’s always tempting for readers to read novels about people like themselves,” says the author, whose latest novel is “A Dangerous Business.” “One of the benefits of literature classes in school is that kids get an early exposure to people who are not like them.”
Jane Smiley By the Book Interview
“It’s always tempting for readers to read novels about people like themselves,” says the author, whose latest novel is “A Dangerous Business.” “One of the benefits of literature classes in school is that kids get an early exposure to people who are not like them.”
Review: ‘The Tudors in Love,’ by Sarah Gristwood
In the historian Sarah Gristwood’s “Tudors in Love,” for both monarchs and courtiers the stakes are higher than romance.
From Behind Bars, Inmates Award France’s Latest Book Prize
For the first time, detainees picked their own winner in an offshoot of the Goncourt, France’s top literary honor.
Thomas Pynchon, Famously Private, Sells His Archive
The elusive author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “Mason & Dixon” has sold his papers to the Huntington Library. It includes drafts, notes and letters — but sorry, no photographs of him.
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