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“The Prophet of the Andes” tells the story of Segundo Villanueva, a quixotic spiritual seeker who led hundreds of followers from Peru to Israel.
In Lawrence Osborne’s new novel, “On Java Road,” a young woman involved with powerful people goes missing amid political tensions.
Elisabeth Griffith’s “Formidable” chronicles American women’s endless battle for fair treatment.
In “Boulder,” by Eva Baltasar, a solitary protagonist falls in love, then learns that three’s a crowd.
In “The Rabbit Hutch,” Tess Gunty weaves together the daily dramas of tenants in a shabby Midwestern complex.
For better and for worse, in sickness and in health, Clare Pollard’s debut novel, “Delphi,” revisits the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Three new books, from epic fantasy to biological thriller, consider an age-old question.
Philip Short’s “Putin” is an impressive biography but one that necessarily lacks the final chapters of the story.
In his latest book, the French author celebrated for his deeply personal accounts of tragic events embraces meditation as a means of learning to write “without fabrication.” But telling the truth is complicated.
In “Acceptance,” Emi Nietfeld pushes back against the American presumption that survival should depend on personal excellence.
Anthony Marra’s “Mercury Pictures Presents,” his long-awaited second novel, is a homage to the movies and to his immigrant family.
In “Dead-End Memories,” five stories about lonely women who encounter ghosts, infidelities, betrayals — and human connection.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
For “The Hangman and His Wife,” her biography of the prominent Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, Nancy Dougherty interviewed his widow.
From journalists to politicians, activists to artists: Centuries’ worth of photos depict women holding their own in a man’s world.
Dan Fesperman talks about his new thriller, “Winter Work,” and Isaac Fitzgerald discusses his memoir, “Dirtbag, Massachusetts.”
Two picture books and a graphic novel treat swimming as an expansive state of being, slippery with promise.
From a wildfire photographer to a teenage misanthrope, these authors reflect on pain, courage and belonging.
“About five years ago, alongside my more contemporary reading, I decided to read from back to front, historically speaking,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Last White Man.” “I began with the Sumerian ‘Instructions of Shuruppak,’ first written in cuneiform on clay tablets around 4,600 years ago.”
In “The Measure,” Nikki Erlick shows what happens when adults across the globe are presented with the opportunity to learn when they will die.
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