Michel Houellebecq Is Both Lauded and Reviled in France
Reviled as much as he is lauded, Michel Houellebecq holds up a mirror to a world we would rather not see.
Oh, the Horror: 8 Comics for Halloween
Otherworldly creatures, apocalyptic environments, serial killers, zombies and more haunt these suspenseful comic books and graphic novels.
Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor, Author and TikTok Star, Dies at 100
She survived Auschwitz, wrote a best-selling memoir, “Lily’s Promise,” and spoke to a following of 2 million fans on TikTok.
Can a Start-Up Help Authors Get Paid by A.I. Companies?
Created by Humans, a company that aims to help writers license their works for use by A.I. companies, has struck a partnership with the Authors Guild.
Book Revives Questions About Trump’s Ties to Putin
The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office. Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.
With the Nobel Prize in Literature, Greatness Is Not the Same as Popularity
As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated?
Cécile Desprairies Was Inspired by a ‘National Family Secret in France’
Cécile Desprairies’s novel, ‘The Propagandist,’ was also inspired by her mother, who made art and slogans for Vichy France and its Nazi leaders.
Book Review: ‘Selling Sexy,’ by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez
In “Selling Sexy,” two veteran fashion journalists examine how Victoria’s Secret fell from grace.
Book Review: ‘The Witches of El Paso,’ by Luis Jaramillo
In this family saga, a floundering lawyer must tap into her supernatural heritage to help her family in the past and present.
Biden Excoriated Netanyahu on Israel’s Conduct in the War, Woodward Book Says
The book, “War,” lays bare just how frustrated the president has become with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the war in Gaza began.
Lore Segal, a Master Storyteller, at the End of Her Story
At 96, Lore Segal is approaching death with the same startling powers of perception she brought to her fiction.
Book Review: ‘Our Evenings,’ by Alan Hollinghurst
In Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, “Our Evenings,” a Burmese English actor grapples with race and ambition, sexuality and love in a bigoted world.
Robert Coover, Inventive Novelist in Iconoclastic Era, Dies at 92
Once called “probably the funniest and most malicious” of the postmodernists, his books reflected a career-long interest in reimagining folk stories, fairy tales and political myths.
Book Review: ‘Salvage,’ by Dionne Brand
For her new book, “Salvage,” the Trinidadian-born writer Dionne Brand rereads classic English novels, teasing out evidence of the ravages of colonialism.
Book Review: ‘The Black Utopians,’ by Aaron Robertson
Aaron Robertson’s grandparents had a farm in Promise Land, Tenn. In a new book, he explores the history and meaning of such utopian communities for African Americans.
Removing Books From Libraries Often Takes Debate. But There’s a Quieter Way.
Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to remove books because of the viewpoint they express.
Book Review: ‘Comrade Papa,’ by GauZ’
“Comrade Papa” is told from the perspective of two European arrivals to the West African country, nearly a century apart.
Reading With My Father
A conversation through books.
How Book Bans Happen Under the Radar
Thousands of books have been publicly challenged and removed from libraries in the past couple of years. Elizabeth Harris, who covers books and the publishing industry for The New York Times, explains how books are being pulled from libraries in a quiet process called weeding. Weeding normally allows librarians to keep collections current, but some lawsuits argue that it has been used instead to remove books for content about racism, sexuality and gender.
Book Review: ‘From Here to the Great Unknown,’ by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
In a new memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” Elvis Presley’s daughter and granddaughter take turns exploring a messy legacy.
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