Review: “Open Heart,” “Minor Prophets,” “The Last Animal,” ”The Sky Above the Roof”
Books by Elvira Lindo, Blair Hurley, Ramona Ausubel and Nathacha Appanah take on crises of kinship.
Book Review: ‘Kantika,’ by Elizabeth Graver
Inspired by the 20th-century migrations of her grandmother, Elizabeth Graver’s new novel, “Kantika,” depicts lives filled with music, ritual and hardship across continents and cultures.
Book Review: ‘The One,’ by Julia Argy
Julia Argy’s debut novel, “The One,” goes behind the cameras at a reality TV show. Is the protagonist there for the right reasons?
Review: ‘Biography of a Phantom,’ by Robert ‘Mack’ McCormick
Mack McCormick’s long-awaited book about the musician Robert Johnson has arrived, in modest and expurgated form.
Book Review: ‘The Forgotten Girls,’ by Monica Potts
For her first book, “The Forgotten Girls,” Monica Potts returned to her hometown in Arkansas to figure out why so many of her peers were struggling.
Book Review: ‘Invisibility,’ by Gregory J. Gbur
In “Invisibility,” the professor of physics and optical science Gregory J. Gbur examines the past and future of everyone’s favorite plot device.
Book Review: ‘Stalking Shakespeare: A Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint,’ by Lee Durkee
In “Stalking Shakespeare,” Lee Durkee describes his quest to find a true, authentic image of the famous playwright, a search that becomes a tragicomic tale in its own right.
The Enduring Appeal of Judy Blume and Gabriel García Márquez
Elisabeth Egan discusses “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” and Miguel Salazar tells readers where to start with Gabo’s extensive catalog.
New Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books With Fairies, the Multiverse and More
New science-fiction and fantasy novels from Heather Fawcett, Moses Ose Utomi and M.R. Carey.
Book Review: ‘The Wager,’ by David Grann
The author’s latest book, “The Wager,” investigates the mysteries surrounding an 18th-century maritime disaster off Cape Horn.
Book Review: “Come See the Fair,” by Gavriel Savit
In Gavriel Savit’s new fantasy, set at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, an orphan girl who performs sham séances finds she may have true powers after all.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Clint Smith’s Back-to-Back, Genre-Spanning Best Sellers
In 2021, “How the Word Is Passed” was on the hardcover nonfiction list for five weeks. Now Smith is back — with a book of poetry on the fiction list.
By the Book: Charles Frazier Wants You to Wait Before Reading the Classics
“Over the years,” says the historical novelist, whose new book is “The Trackers,” “I’ve come to realize that many great books we were assigned to read in school are far more enjoyable and have more to say when approached later in life.”
Newly Published, From an Ottoman Bride to Love in Bangalore
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘The Blazing World,’ by Jonathan Healey
Seventeenth-century England comes thrillingly alive in Jonathan Healey’s energetic new history, “The Blazing World.”
Book Review: ‘Life and Other Love Songs,’ by Anissa Gray
In her second novel, “Life and Other Love Songs,” Anissa Gray explores memory and inheritance through a family that suffers an inexplicable loss.
Book Review: ‘A Madman’s Will,’ by Gregory May
A contested deathbed declaration; multiple, contradictory wills; allegations of insanity: These are the issues at the heart of “A Madman’s Will,” Gregory May’s account of a Virginia statesman who held men and women in bondage during his lifetime only to emancipate them as he lay dying.
Book Review: ‘Once Upon a Prime,’ by Sarah Hart
In “Once Upon a Prime,” Sarah Hart explores the surprisingly deep relationship between mathematics and literature.
Book Review: ‘The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho,’ by Paterson Joseph
Born into slavery, Charles Ignatius Sancho became a writer, composer, merchant and voter. In a winning first novel, Paterson Joseph conjures his voice and his world.
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