Book Review: ‘Children of Radium,’ by Joe Dunthorne
In “Children of Radium,” Joe Dunthorne explores the absurdity of family histories and his own clan’s complicated past.
New Books About Cartoons That Will Bring You Back to Childhood
Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander’s “J vs. K.”
Books About Cartooning by Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander
Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander’s “J vs. K.”
How Christopher Lasch’s ‘The Revolt of the Elites’ Anticipated Trumpism
Christopher Lasch’s “The Revolt of the Elites” anticipated the resentments of ordinary Americans that have led inexorably to Trumpism.
Book Review: ‘John & Paul,’ by Ian Leslie
T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.”
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray,’ Sarah Snook Goes Digital
Sarah Snook, camera operators and other crew members bring to life multitudes on Broadway via an elaborate synthesis of live action, live video and recorded video.
What’s His Age Again? Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus (Now 53) Looks Back.
The band’s singer and bassist recounts his personal struggles and the dramatic ins and outs of the trio’s history in a new memoir, “Fahrenheit-182.”
Interview: Reginald Dwayne Betts on His New Poetry Collection, ‘Doggerel,’ and His Reading Life
It’s called “Doggerel” for a reason: “These are poems that speak to everyone, that pun and riff and make fun of themselves a bit as they reveal something about the world.”
Book Review: ‘Flesh,’ by David Szalay
In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life.
Book Review: ‘The Instability of Truth,’ by Rebecca Lemov; ‘Blazing Eye Sees All,’ by Leah Sottile
Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the outer limits of influence.
Book Review: ‘Bad Nature,’ by Ariel Courage
In Ariel Courage’s novel, “Bad Nature,” a powerful career woman sets out on a road trip intending to kill her father.
Poetry Review: ‘Ecstasy,’ by Alex Dimitrov
Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure.
Book Review: ‘Sad Tiger,’ by Neige Sinno
In “Sad Tiger,” the French author Neige Sinno analyzes her memories of being abused as a child, alongside literature about incest and pedophilia.
Book Review: ‘The Usual Desire to Kill,’ by Camilla Barnes
In “The Usual Desire to Kill,” Camilla Barnes finds the humor in a daughter’s aggravating visits to her aging parents at their run-down home in rural France.
Military Histories About Spies and Intelligence Services
As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict.
Liz Moore on ‘Long Bright River’ and the Slow Burn of Success
Suddenly Liz Moore blazed, comet-like, onto small screens and best-seller lists. But her writing career has been a slow burn.
Book Review: ‘The Ideological Brain,’ by Leor Zmigrod
A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs.
20 New Books to Read in April: Joan Didion, Emily Henry, Tina Knowles and more
A posthumous Joan Didion book, Emily Henry’s latest romance novel, Tina Knowles’s memoir and more.
Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78
One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.
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