Review: ‘Mother Noise,’ by Cindy House; ‘My Seven Black Fathers,’ by Will Jawando; and ‘This Body I Wore,’ by Diana Goetsch
Addiction, fatherhood and transgender identity in new books by Cindy House, Will Jawando and Diana Goetsch.
“Our Fort” by Marie Dorléans
Two siblings, a playful teacher’s class and three friends let their imaginations loose in the great outdoors.
Book Review: “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin’s novel “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” is a love letter to the Literary Gamer.
New Crime Fiction
In Tom Mead’s “Death and the Conjuror,” a man is found dead in his study, his throat cut. There is no weapon in the room, and the doors are locked — from the inside.
Why We Need Bugs
A graphic review of two new books that explain how the world’s insects came to be in peril.
Newly Published, From Banksy to Patrick Radden Keefe
A selection of books published this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “The Shores of Bohemia,” by John Taylor Williams
In “The Shores of Bohemia,” John Taylor Williams explores 50 years in the iconoclastic summer colonies of Cape Cod.
Book Review: “Doctors and Distillers,” by Camper English
In “Doctors and Distillers,” Camper English explores the long-running interconnection between medicine and alcohol in daily life.
Ni Kuang, Novelist and Screenwriter for Martial Arts Films, Dies at 87
Best known for fantastical thrillers that doubled as political allegories, he also wrote hundreds of martial arts films for Bruce Lee and others.
How a Failed Screenwriting Career Forged a Best-Selling Author
Before he wrote “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides tried and tried again to make movies.
Erika L. Sánchez Wishes More Authors Would Write About Money
“I grew up working class and money was a factor in everything we did,” says the poet and novelist, whose new book is the memoir “Crying in the Bathroom.” “That’s why I always write about the financial realities of my characters.”
Erika L. Sánchez Wishes More Authors Would Write About Money
“I grew up working class and money was a factor in everything we did,” says the poet and novelist, whose new book is the memoir “Crying in the Bathroom.” “That’s why I always write about the financial realities of my characters.”
Review: ‘MOTHERS DON’T,’ by Katixa Agirre
The narrator of Katixa Agirre’s “Mothers Don’t” obsesses over a distant acquaintance who murdered her two infant children.
Poem: Sister Song
A longing for and memory of a murdered brother
‘Son of Elsewhere,’ a Funny and Frank Story About Life After a Big Move
In his “memoir in pieces,” Elamin Abdelmahmoud writes about the years after he and his family emigrated from Sudan to Canada when he was 12.
The Shape-Shifting Sherlock Holmes, Now Playing the Villain
The world’s first consulting detective has appeared in many disguises, including clergyman, sailor and old woman. Now, in a new podcast, he is cast as a monster.
With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
Caustic fights over which books belong on the shelves have put librarians at the center of a bitter and widening culture war.
Read Your Way Through Berlin
The German author Daniel Kehlmann, most recently of the novel “Tyll,” recommends books that explore the city’s painful past and dynamic present.
Review: ‘Big Girl,’ by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
In Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s debut novel, an 8-year-old girl in Harlem is forced to change her body to fit someone else’s standard.
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