Legal Arrangement in ‘Blind Side’ Case Is Terminated
A judge ended a nearly 20-year-old conservatorship that had given a couple broad authority over the affairs of the former N.F.L. player Michael Oher.
An Audiobooks Bonanza
Book Review editors discuss their love of listening to books out loud.
Book Review: ‘Coming and Going,’ by Jim Goldberg
“Coming and Going” is the photographer Jim Goldberg’s visual memoir of three generations in his family, from 1980 to today.
Newly Published, From Children’s Books to Surveillance Software
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: “There Was a Party for Langston: King o’ Letters,” by Jason Reynolds, and “Harlem at Four,” by Michael Datcher
Debut picture books by Jason Reynolds and Michael Datcher celebrate the cultural history of a neighborhood.
Book Review: ‘How to Say Babylon,’ by Safiya Sinclair
In “How to Say Babylon,” Safiya Sinclair recalls her ascetic Jamaican upbringing and the literature that opened up her world.
Book Review: ‘The Maniac,’ by Benjamín Labatut
Benjamín Labatut’s novel “The Maniac” examines the dawn of the nuclear age and the brilliant, sometimes troubled minds behind it.
Book Reviews: ‘Flee North,’ by Scott Shane; ‘Golda Meir,’ by Deborah Lipstadt; ‘The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel,’ by Douglas Brunt; and ‘The Sister,’ by Sung-Yoon Lee.
New biographies by Scott Shane, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Douglas Brunt and Sung-Yoon Lee tell the stories of people working through, under or above different kinds of power.
Dawn Powell’s Writing Has Been Rediscovered. What About Her Grave?
The satirist, who died in 1965, was buried in a potter’s field in the Bronx. Now some of her admirers are thinking about how to commemorate her.
Audiobook Review: ‘Gone Tonight,’ by Sarah Pekkanen
In this thriller, a mother’s deceptions set off a game of cat and mouse with her adult daughter.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Has the Internet Killed the Local Comedy Scene?
A new book argues that the isolation of a pre-social media era helped fuel a fertile Chicago ecosystem for offbeat stand-up comedians.
What to Know About the 2023 Nobel Prizes
The Nobel Prizes will be announced beginning Monday.
What’s the Story Behind Mu Shu Pork and Bird’s Nest Soup?
In “Chinese Menu,” Grace Lin takes readers and eaters on a food tour that dates back to 7000 B.C.
Poem: What if We Call This Tenderness
A poem that overlays love onto a previously loveless surface of the world.
Academic Romance Books to Read This September
What better time than fall to look at academic romances?
18 New Books to Read in October: Jesmyn Ward, John Grisham, Michael Lewis and more
Buzzy new novels from Jesmyn Ward, Tananarive Due and Daniel Clowes; biographies of Madonna and Sam Bankman-Fried; John Grisham’s sequel to “The Firm”; and much more.
Interview: Patrick Stewart
“I acted Macbeth for exactly 365 days,” says the actor, whose new memoir is “Making It So.” “The role got into me so deeply it dominated my life at the time and caused me to drink too much alcohol after the performance was over. No other role I have played has affected me so profoundly.”
The Tortured Legacy of Yambo Ouologuem
Five decades ago, an award-winning Malian author disappeared from public life after being accused of plagiarism. Now, his ambiguous novel is being released, and evaluated, in new light.
Book Review: ‘Germany 1923,’ by Volker Ullrich
In his latest book, the German historian Volker Ullrich describes a nation buffeted by poverty, hyperinflation and political extremism, but managing — for the moment — to thwart Hitler’s ascent.
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