How Does a Married Couple Write Books Together?
Behind the best-selling novelist Ilona Andrews are two people who live, work, lift weights and take care of their pets under the same roof.
New Novels in Translation to Read This Summer
New international fiction from Guadeloupe, the Canary Islands, Tahiti and Basque Country.
Review: ‘Lungfish,’ by Meghan Gilliss
In Meghan Gilliss’s debut novel, “Lungfish,” a young family maroons itself on a deserted island where sustenance is whatever you can get your hands on.
Andrea Barrett By the Book Interview
“Luckily,” says the novelist and story writer, whose new book is the collection “Natural History,” “the kind librarian at the local Bookmobile let us take any books we could reach (I was ridiculously tall).”
New Psychological Thrillers
In Deanna Raybourn’s “Killers of a Certain Age,” four female assassins, celebrating their retirement after 40-year careers, discover they’ve been marked for death.
Book Review: ‘The Divider’ Is a Sober Look at the Trump White House
In “The Divider,” political journalists keep their cool as they chronicle the outrageous conduct and ugly infighting that marked a presidency like no other.
The Essential Judy Blume
For 50 years, her books have educated, entertained and connected young readers. Whether you want to revisit a classic or inspire a new fan, here’s what to read.
Review: “Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf
“Magnificent Rebels,” by Andrea Wulf, paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century German Romantics: brilliant intellectuals and poets who could also be petty, thin-skinned and self-involved.
Book Review: “The Village Idiot,” by Steve Stern
In “The Village Idiot,” Steve Stern resurrects Chaim Soutine and the sordid eccentricities of his milieu.
Could This Political Marriage Be Saved? Biden and Obama Found a Way.
In “The Long Alliance,” Gabriel Debenedetti traces how political leaders of different generations and contrasting temperaments helped each other succeed.
Book Review: “Who’s Raising the Kids?” by Susan Linn
In “Who’s Raising the Kids?” Susan Linn’s searing indictment of corporate greed, tech companies targeting children are rivaled only by the lawmakers who let them get away with it.
Review: “Lessons,” by Ian McEwan
In “Lessons,” the hero is seduced by his piano teacher when he’s 14, then abandoned by his wife while he passively watches history unfold. Are these events connected?
Book Review: ‘I’m the Girl,’ by Courtney Summers
In her Y.A. thriller “I’m the Girl,” Courtney Summers uses a murder mystery to explore pressing questions about female empowerment.
Book Review: “Dinners With Ruth,” by Nina Totenberg
In her memoir, “Dinners With Ruth,” the NPR journalist writes about their parallel ascents in fields that were not friendly to women.
Review: ‘Two Nurses, Smoking,’ by David Means
In his new collection, “Two Nurses, Smoking,” David Means derives power from revealing the workings of his craft.
Book Review: “Blood & Ink” by Joe Pompeo
In “Blood & Ink,” Joe Pompeo explores the gory Hall-Mills case and the tabloid nation it spawned.
Review: ‘My Phantoms’ and ‘First Love,’ by Gwendoline Riley
Gwendoline Riley’s novels “My Phantoms” and “First Love” consider the sway and scourge of family ties.
Book Review: ‘Flush,’ by Bryn Nelson
A comprehensive study of human waste one writer explores the possibilities — for global health, inside every flush.
From Nigeria to the United States — and to the Future
Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi’s novel in stories unfolds across centuries, continents, political parties and a tight group of friends.
Review: “The Storm Is Here,” by Luke Mogelson
At a time of social turmoil, Luke Mogelson’s “The Storm Is Here” explores how we got to this point.
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