WW Norton, a Defiant Book Publisher, Throws a 100th Anniversary Party
Rita Dove, Michael Lewis and Richard Powers were among the authors who took part in a crowded, swinging party at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan.
Owen Gingerich, Astronomer Who Saw God in the Cosmos, Dies at 93
He wrote and lectured widely, often on the theme that religion and science were not incompatible. He also chased down 600 copies of Copernicus’s landmark book.
Book Review: ‘To Name the Bigger Lie,’ by Sarah Viren
This is the question at the heart of “To Name the Bigger Lie,” by Sarah Viren, which tries to make sense of two disturbing episodes from her life in the context of a culture where truth itself is increasingly in dispute.
Book Review: ‘Burn It Down,’ by Maureen Ryan
The journalist Maureen Ryan is mad as hell about what goes on behind the entertainment-biz scenes. Her new book tells tales, and proposes remedies.
Libros y autores de ciencia ficción latinoamericana
Los relatos, en español y portugués, son radicales, rebosantes de tecnochamanes y estética indígena futurista, pero también abrevan de la herencia europea y africana de la región.
Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon
A new wave of writers is making the genre its own, rooting it in local homelands and histories.
Book Review: ‘Mozart in Motion,’ by Patrick Mackie
In Patrick Mackie’s “Mozart in Motion,” the socially observant composer embraces modernity.
Book Review: ‘You Can’t Stay Here Forever,’ by Katherine Lin
In her debut novel, “You Can’t Stay Here Forever,” Katherine Lin follows a young widow and her best friend to the French Riviera.
Summer Book Preview and 9 Thrillers to Read
Gilbert Cruz is joined by The Times’s thriller columnist, Sarah Lyall, to talk about some great suspenseful titles to check out this summer. And the editor Joumana Khatib gives her picks for books to look out for between now and Labor Day.
Book Review: ‘Say Anarcha,’ by J.C. Hallman
“Say Anarcha” is J.C. Hallman’s meticulous biography of the enslaved woman who suffered unimaginable horrors at the hands of a lauded doctor.
New Crime Books From Katie Siegel, James Wolff and More
In new crime novels from Victoria Kielland, James Wolff, Katie Siegel and Michael McGarrity, the past is hard to shake.
Newly Published, From the Scientific Method to Éric Vuillard
A selection of recently published books.
Pride, Illustrated: 6 Comics and Graphic Novels to Read This June
These recent, new and upcoming books with L.G.B.T.Q. characters offer adventure stories, personal recollections, a riff on a famous novel and more.
24 New Fiction Books to Read This Summer
A sequel to Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem Shuffle,” new stories from Jamel Brinkley, a debut novel about a teenager who worked for Andy Warhol — and more.
14 New Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer
Biographies of Anna May Wong and Alice Marble, a deep-sea exploration, the race to the North Pole: Here’s what to watch for this season.
Counting Books for Children
Five new counting books all share one essential strategy: to start a conversation.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Jamaica’s Calabash Festival is a Literary Party
Among the host of literary gatherings that have sprung up in the last 20 years, Calabash in Jamaica brings the party off the page.
Richard E. Snyder, 93, Dies; Drove Simon & Schuster to New Heights
In two decades of leadership at the publishing house, he helped remold a clubby book industry into a diversified and highly profitable corporate enterprise.
The Man Who Turned the World on to the Genius of Fungi
A vast fungal web braids together life on Earth. Merlin Sheldrake wants to help us see it.
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