Audiobooks to Cook (or Eat) To, From Ina Garten to David Chang
These culinary coming-of-age tales are movable feasts for the gluttonous listener.
Cathy Cade, Groundbreaking Lesbian Photographer, Dies at 82
She became a photographer the same year she came out, chronicling the lives of women in same-sex relationships — something most people had never seen.
21 Movies, Books and Albums With a Theater Focus to Consume During the Holidays
Make it through the holidays with these movies, books and music from the past year that are adapted from stage productions or evoke a theatrical spirit.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Claire Keegan’s ‘Small Things Like These’
This slim novella about one Irishman’s crisis of conscience during the Christmas season is the topic of our December book club discussion.
Book Review: ‘The Troublemaker,’ by Mark L. Clifford
“The Troublemaker” is a brisk account of the life and work of Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and democracy activist currently on trial for national security offenses.
Dr. Jessica B. Harris Revisits Her Kwanzaa Cookbook
Dr. Jessica B. Harris revisits and expands “A Kwanzaa Keepsake,” her highly personal book from 1995.
How a Scrappy New Publisher Landed 25 Books on the Best-Seller List in a Year
Bloom Books took off with the help of E L James, the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It broke with tradition and became the fastest-growing imprint in romance.
Maurice Berger Held a Mirror to a Racist Art World
A posthumous anthology of photo essays by the curator and art historian reveals the “troubling reality” of prejudice and the power of images to “undermine the very concept of difference.”
Book Club: Read ‘Our Evenings,’ by Alan Hollinghurst, With the Book Review
In January, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Our Evenings,” a sweeping story about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor.
The Books Readers Loved in 2024
Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world.
Book Review: “The Boy and the Elephant,” by Freya Blackwood, and “Head in the Clouds,” by Rocío Araya
Like Max and Madeline, this boy and girl keep faith with the intangible treasures of their imaginations.
Staffers at The New York Times on the Books They Enjoyed in 2024
A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around the newsroom describe their favorite books of the year.
Looking for the Restless Soul of Nella Larsen in Copenhagen
The celebrated Harlem Renaissance author was inspired by her experiences as a mixed-race teenager and young adult in the Danish capital, a time that informed her 1928 novel, “Quicksand.”
5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Interview: Mark Leyner on ‘A Shimmering, Serrated Monster!’ and His Reading Life
“I’m like one of those deranged soldiers they find on some remote island still fighting a war that’s ended decades ago,” he says. “A Shimmering, Serrated Monster!” is his collection of comic fiction.
Poetry Review: ‘Context Collapse,’ by Ryan Ruby
With “Context Collapse,” Ryan Ruby aims to explain poetry’s origins and its waves of innovation all the way to the present.
This Book Tour Comes With a Side of Fried Rice
Curtis Chin’s memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” celebrates the cuisine and community of his youth. Now he’s paying it forward.
John Mulaney and Simon Rich, Former ‘S.N.L.’ Writers, Are ‘All In’ on Broadway
The former “S.N.L.” writing partners have reunited for Rich’s “superficially wacky” Broadway show, “All In: Comedy About Love.”
Book Review: ‘What in Me Is Dark,’ by Orlando Reade
A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century epic’s influence and relevance through the ages.
Books That Make Great Gifts
Joumana Khatib, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends a few books to readers looking for gifts for their loved ones.
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