Book Review: ‘Zig-Zag Boy,’ by Tanya Frank
In her memoir, “Zig-Zag Boy,” Tanya Frank looks back on her son’s epic struggle with schizoaffective disorder.
International Literature: Lush Landscapes, Hazy Memories
New books from Kevin Jared Hosein, Pilar Quintana, Nona Fernández and Patrick Modiano.
Book Review Podcast: Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding
A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role, and a look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding.
Book Review: ‘Every Man a King,’ by Walter Mosley
His new novel, “Every Man a King,” is a hard-boiled tale of billionaires, white nationalists and a detective with a complicated past.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “We Are Here,” by Tami Charles, and “An American Story,” by Kwame Alexander
In separate works, Tami Charles and Kwame Alexander tell a story not of Black America but of America, of a history we all must own.
He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller
Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he wrote about it.
By the Book Interview: Rebecca Makkai
“Not a generically boring office job, but something terribly specific that we don’t normally get to hear about,” says the author, whose new book is “I Have Some Questions for You.” “I want to enjoy a novel and at the same time learn everything about eel fishing or asbestos removal or typewriter repair.”
Newly Published, From Quiet Poems to Climate Migrants
A selection of books published this week.
Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?
Never easy, the relationship between the vaunted political system and economic order appears to be in crisis. New books by historians and economists sound the alarm.
Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?
Never easy, the relationship between the vaunted political system and economic order appears to be in crisis. New books by historians and economists sound the alarm.
Book Review: ‘Dangerous Love,’ by Ben Okri
In his new book, the Booker Prize winner Ben Okri imagines a star-crossed romance in battle-scarred Nigeria.
Libraries Are Meeting the Needs of Their Communities With More Than Books
The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence.
Book Review: ‘The Laughter,’ by Sonora Jha
In her new novel, “The Laughter,” Sonora Jha satirizes academia by following an older, white male professor who is lusting after his younger, Pakistani colleague, all while a student protest brews.
Book Review: ‘Brutes,’ by Dizz Tate, and ‘On the Savage Side,’ by Tiffany McDaniel
Two new books — “Brutes,” by Dizz Tate, and “On the Savage Side,” by Tiffany McDaniel — challenge and reshape the way stories about abused and murdered women are told.
Book Review: ‘The Applicant,’ by Nazli Koca
“The Applicant,” a debut novel by Nazli Koca, features a worldly-wise 20-something Turkish writer who works as a cleaner at a Berlin hostel while struggling to figure out what kind of life she wants to lead.
Book Review: ‘Playhouse,’ by Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch’s “Playhouse” follows a large cast of characters involved in a production of “King Lear.”
Book Review: ‘Playhouse,’ by Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch’s “Playhouse” follows a large cast of characters involved in a production of “King Lear.”
Book Review: ‘The Critic’s Daughter,’ by Priscilla Gilman
In her memoir “The Critic’s Daughter,” Priscilla Gilman recounts her life with intensely intellectual — and very different — parents.
Book Review, ‘The American Way,’ by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler
“The American Way,” by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler, tells the story of Siegler’s immigrant grandfather — who happened on the movie star while she was filming “The Seven Year Itch” — while delving into other colorful mid-20th-century American characters.
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