Book Review: ‘Witness,’ by Jamel Brinkley
In his new story collection, Jamel Brinkley investigates the impact of seeing and being seen.
Book Review: ‘Tom Lake,’ by Ann Patchett
This time the celebrated novelist spins the cozy tale of a former actress, her three daughters and their rueful memories. There’s a cherry orchard, too.
Book Review: ‘Whalefall,’ by Daniel Kraus
In Daniel Kraus’s “Whalefall,” a scuba diver, inadvertently swallowed alive by a 60-ton sperm whale, tries to escape.
Back in the Saddle and Out on the Water
A critic recommends old and new titles.
Essay: D.H. Lawrence and the Search for the ‘Essential American Soul’
Inflamed, impertinent and deeply insightful, D.H. Lawrence’s “Studies in Classic American Literature” remains startlingly relevant 100 years after it was originally published.
Mari Ruti, Scholar of Gender, Sexuality and More, Dies at 59
Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.
Why Is It So Darn Hot?
Jennifer Szalai discusses recent books about natural history, and Jeff Goodell talks about his new climate change book, “The Heat Will Kill You First.”
14 New Books Coming in August
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92
Her research proved that a 19th-century book presumed to be a novel by a white woman was actually an autobiography by a formerly enslaved Black woman.
Book Review: ‘A Good House for Children,’ by Kate Collins; ‘I Will Greet the Sun Again,’ by Khashayar J. Khabushani; ‘All-Night Pharmacy,’ by Ruth Madievsky
From a house haunted by phantom children to younger siblings haunted by sexual trauma, three new novels feature protagonists struggling to be or raise kids.
Book Review: ‘Schoenberg: Why He Matters,’ by Harvey Sachs
John Adams reviews “Schoenberg: Why He Matters,” in which Harvey Sachs explores the artistic, academic and spiritual life of a 20th-century cultural giant.
14 New Books Coming in August
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
New Historical Fiction Books
These novels remind us of old-fashioned human connections that can’t be severed, for better or worse.
Audiobook review: ‘What the Dead Know,’ by Barbara Butcher; ‘The Forgotten Girls,’ by Monica Potts; ‘Pageboy,’ by Elliot Page
Three recent audiobooks feature authors narrating their own personal stories, directly into your ear.
Bruce Handy on Becoming a Children’s Picture Book Author in His 60s
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”
Bruce Handy on Becoming a Children’s Picture Book Author in His 60s
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Lunar Codex, a Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky
The Lunar Codex, an archive of contemporary art, poetry and other cultural artifacts of life on Earth, is headed to the moon.
Shane McCrae, the Kidnapped Child Who Became a Poet
At age 3, Shane McCrae was taken from his Black father by his white grandparents — a rupture he explores in a new memoir.
Book Review: ‘The Slip,’ by Prudence Peiffer
Prudence Peiffer’s “The Slip” is a group biography of six visual artists and the work they created on the edge of Manhattan in the 1950s and ’60s.
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