Ellen Gilchrist, Writer With an Eye on the South’s Foibles, Dies at 88
In her novels and story collections, she took a sharp, lightly ironic look at the class from which she came, the Southern upper bourgeoisie.
Book Review: “Cocktails With George and Martha” by Philip Gefter
With Burton and Taylor as stars and a writer and director feuding, adapting the scabrous play wasn’t easy. “Cocktails With George and Martha” pours out the details.
New Historical Fiction Books
From England and France to the deepest Arctic and northern China, these stories will transport you.
Two Books From Down Under
Scrappy domestic novellas and a novel about the unhappy rich.
A Graphic Novel Finds a Relatable Hero in a Modern African Woman
The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa.
‘Kubrick,’ by Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
On the 25th anniversary of the director’s death, two film scholars have published “Kubrick: An Odyssey.”
Book Review: ‘Leaving,’ by Roxana Robinson
In her new novel, “Leaving,” Roxana Robinson reunites a former couple. One of them is divorced; the other is still married. What now?
Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45
One of the first quadriplegic Harvard graduates, she became an author, professor and powerful voice for disabled people.
Reading Recommendations From Book Review Staffers
Here’s what they’ve enjoyed in 2024.
Richard Gambino, 84, Dies; Fought Discrimination Against Italian Americans
He directed the Italian American studies program at Queens College — the first of its type in American academia — and wrote about his ethnic group in “Blood of My Blood.”
Rachel Carson’s Sky Writing Is Now a Picture Book
In “Something About the Sky,” the National Book Award-winning marine biologist brings her signature sense of wonder to the science of clouds.
Book Review: ‘Dear Sister,’ by Michelle Horton, and ‘My Side of the River,’ by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
“Dear Sister” and “My Side of the River” tell vastly different stories about ordinary people looking back on extraordinary circumstances.
Audiobook Review: ‘Day,’ by Michael Cunningham
The actor reads Michael Cunningham’s “Day,” a novel that visits a husband, wife and brother on the same day in April over three years.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
What’s in a Name? RuNyx Won’t Tell You.
The author of “Gothikana” isn’t going to reveal much. But she will share a useful tip for writing and life.
130-Year-Old California Bookstore Seeks Buyer
Vroman’s is a community landmark in Pasadena, Calif. Now, its longtime owner says he’s ready to turn over the reins.
Marissa Meyer, Author of the Lunar Chronicles, Talks About Her Reading Life
“I love the inherent optimism and boldness” in young adult fiction, says the novelist, best known for reimagining classic fairy tales. Her new book is the contemporary rom-com “With a Little Luck.”
Book Review: ‘Literary Theory for Robots,’ by Dennis Yi Tenen
“Literary Theory for Robots,” by Dennis Yi Tenen, a software engineer turned literature professor, shows how the “intelligence” in artificial intelligence is irreducibly human.
Read Your Way Through Lagos
Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the exquisite bedlam of Lagos, a megacity of extremes. Here, he defines the books that make sense of the chaos.
Poetry Review: ‘A Film in Which I Play Everyone,’ by Mary Jo Bang
The poems in Mary Jo Bang’s latest collection, “A Film in Which I Play Everyone,” are full of pleasure, color, sound and light — but also torment.
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