Longevity, Paradise and Inspiration, All Just an Audiobook Away
Three new audiobooks dive deep into some of life’s biggest questions.
Book Review: ‘We Were Once a Family,’ by Roxanna Asgarian
In “We Were Once a Family,” Roxanna Asgarian investigates the case of a couple who drove off a cliff with their six adopted children in the family’s S.U.V.
Book Review: “You Are Here: Connecting Flights,” edited by Ellen Oh
“You Are Here: Connecting Flights,” a story collection edited by Ellen Oh, contends not only with racist aggressions, but also with cultural expectations and adolescent insecurities.
Newly Published, From Queer Friendship to Fabled Forests
A selection of recently published books.
From Newcomers and Veterans, Four New Poetry Books Worth Your Time
Karisma Price’s debut is rich with aphorism and rhetoric; Will Harris’s second book is a meditation on family; Gabrielle Bates’s debut borrows from fairy tales; and Ellen Bryant Voigt’s collected poems sum up a career, and a life.
Book Review: ‘From From,’ by Monica Youn
In her fourth book of verse, “From From,” Monica Youn turns a knowing eye on society’s love-hate relationship with what it sees as the “other.”
Book Review: ‘Love at Six Thousand Degrees,’ by Maki Kashimada
Maki Kashimada’s “Love at Six Thousand Degrees” takes as its starting point the premise of Marguerite Duras’s “Hiroshima Mon Amour.”
Book Review: ‘Saving Time,’ by Jenny Odell
The author’s new book, “Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock,” urges readers to revise their conceptions of time and the world to nurture hope and action for a better future.
Book Review: ‘The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley,’ by David Waldstreicher
A biography by David Waldstreicher offers a radical new vision of the life and work of colonial America’s brilliant Black female poet.
Book Review: ‘The Dirty Tricks Department,’ by John Lisle
Exploding pens and fluorescent foxes were just two of the schemes the O.S.S. tried in their quest to best Axis powers, according to a new book, “The Dirty Tricks Department.”
Book Review: ‘Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began,’ by Leah Hazard
The uterus has been a site of medical, and moral, scrutiny for centuries. In her new book, “Womb,” the midwife Leah Hazard explains what we know about the uterus — and how much we’ve yet to discover.
Book Review: ‘In Memoriam,’ by Alice Winn
In Alice Winn’s debut novel, “In Memoriam,” two schoolboys hiding from their feelings for each other enlist in the military during World War I, where they find romance and catastrophe.
Book Review: ‘Banzeiro Òkòtó,’ by Eliane Brum
“Banzeiro Òkòtó,” by Eliane Brum, considers the devastating impacts of mass deforestation on Brazil and its people.
Book Review: ‘The God of Endings,’ by Jacqueline Holland
In Jacqueline Holland’s debut novel, “The God of Endings,” a preschool teacher with a terrible secret fights her most demonic craving for 150 years.
Book Review: ‘River Spirit,’ by Leila Aboulela
“River Spirit,” a novel by Leila Aboulela, follows an enslaved girl in a turbulent 19th-century Sudan.
Book Review: ‘The Curator,’ by Owen King
In “The Curator,” a historical fantasy by Owen King, a woman searches for answers about her brother’s death in a time of unrest.
New Psychological Thrillers
Pulse-pounding, nail-biting new novels guaranteed to deliver delicious reading chills.
Book Review: ‘War Diary,’ by Yevgenia Belorusets
In photographs and journal entries, Yevgenia Belorusets captures Kyiv in the early days of Russia’s invasion.
Book Review: ‘Happily,’ by Sabrina Orah Mark
“Happily,” a book of essays by Sabrina Orah Mark, reveals the lessons that children’s stories teach us well into adulthood.
Osamu Dazai, With Help From TikTok, Keeps Finding New Fans
The enduring appeal of a midcentury Japanese novelist who wrote of alienation and suicide.
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