Review: ‘Small World,’ by Laura Zigman
In her new novel, “Small World,” Laura Zigman explores the long shadows cast by grief.
Book review: “The Prisoner and the Writer,” by Heather Camlot and Sophie Casson
On the 125th anniversary of “J’Accuse,” a picture book for older kids places the lives of Alfred Dreyfus and Émile Zola side by side.
Book Review: “Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon,” by Leonard S. Marcus
Our 16th president, an early adopter of his era’s newest technology, has a lot in common with today’s Instagram and TikTok stars.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘Age of Vice,’ by Deepti Kapoor
In Deepti Kapoor’s cinematic novel, a young man from the provinces falls in with a powerful crime syndicate.
Leigh Bardugo Is Wary of Imposing Limits on Young Readers
“I think they actually have a pretty good barometer of what they can handle,” says the fantasy novelist, whose new book is “Hell Bent,” “and will happily set a book aside when it starts to go places they don’t want to go.”
What Does a Midlife Autism Diagnosis Mean for Matt Haig?
Soon after “The Midnight Library” became a best seller, the British author learned something about himself.
Leigh Bardugo Is Wary of Imposing Limits on Young Readers
“I think they actually have a pretty good barometer of what they can handle,” says the fantasy novelist, whose new book is “Hell Bent,” “and will happily set a book aside when it starts to go places they don’t want to go.”
Newly Published, From Triptych Poems to Boston’s Black Workers
A selection of recently published books.
Review: ‘Sam,’ by Allegra Goodman
In “Sam,” Allegra Goodman provides a sweeping yet intimate view of the challenges and triumphs of growing up.
Book Review: ‘The New Life,’ by Tom Crewe
In his debut novel, “The New Life,” Tom Crewe reimagines the lives of two pioneers who studied, and supported, homosexuality in 19th-century England.
Book Review: ‘The Hopkins Manuscript,’ by R.C. Sherriff
Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in which a resourceful hero survives unthinkable cataclysm.
Book Review: ‘Brotherless Night,’ by V. V. Ganeshananthan
V.V. Ganeshananthan’s novel “Brotherless Night” reveals the moral nuances of violence, ever belied by black-and-white terminology.
Book Review: ‘The Survivalists,’ by Kashana Cauley
The TV writer’s debut novel, “The Survivalists,” imagines a community of gun-stockpiling preppers in Brooklyn.
This Diet App Sends a Goblin to Eviscerate Your Kitchen
The narrator of “Goblin,” a story in Rachel Harrison’s horror collection, “Bad Dolls,” has signed up for a very bad app indeed.
What Don DeLillo’s ‘White Noise’ Can Tell Us About Life Today: Almost Everything
Don DeLillo’s book “White Noise,” newly adapted for the screen by Noah Baumbach, precisely diagnosed the modern condition, Dana Spiotta writes.
Picture-Book End Papers
A once purely decorative form, picture-book endpapers are now full of wit, surprise, even feeling.
Book Review: “Polar Bear,” by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann, and “Feathers Together,” by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
“Feathers Together” and “Polar Bear” are portals into the joys and hardships of migratory animals’ lives.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘House of Bondage,’ by Ernest Cole
In a newly reissued photo book from 1967, Ernest Cole surveys the ever-present atrocities of European oppression.
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