Book Review: “Tree Thieves,” by Lyndsie Bourgon
Lyndsie Bourgon’s “Tree Thieves” casts the American environmental movement in all its complexity.
Book Review: ‘Lapvona,’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh’s fifth novel, “Lapvona,” is set in a corrupt fiefdom plagued by drought, famine and, well, plague.
Building Back Better — One Community at a Time
Michelle Wilde Anderson’s “The Fight to Save the Town” highlights four places where citizens have come together to combat urban decline.
The Life of Jean Rhys, a Uniquely Brilliant and Thorny Writer
Miranda Seymour’s “I Used to Live Here Once” is a biography of the author of “Wide Sargasso Sea,” who had a talent for facing hard truths.
Review: “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden,” Zhuqing Li
Zhuqing Li’s “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden” tells the story of a family ripped apart by the Communist victory in China.
Review: “The Desperate Hours,” Marie Brenner
Marie Brenner’s “The Desperate Hours” looks at how health care workers dealt with the perils of Covid.
Book Review: “The Catch” by Alison Fairbrother
In Alison Fairbrother’s debut novel, “The Catch,” a grieving daughter is determined to get to the bottom of a baffling inheritance.
Jackie, Before Marrying Jack
Elisabeth Egan talks about Louis Bayard’s “Jackie & Me,” and Matthew Schneier discusses Paula Byrne’s biography of Barbara Pym.
“Golden Ticket” by Kate Egan
A quiz bowl winner and students at an elite music camp struggle to figure out who they really are in novels by Kate Egan and Mariama J. Lockington.
New in Paperback: Dana Spiotta and Juan Gonzalez
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Book Has Women in Africa Talking About Sex
“The Sex Lives of African Women” explores women’s experiences, in their own words, helping foster “a sexual revolution that’s happening across our continent.”
8 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
A memoir of Ativan withdrawal, a British Jamaican coming-of-age on the streets of Bristol, a tour of the sensory world of the animal kingdom, and more.
Geraldine Brooks Had an Unpleasant Surprise When She Taught at Harvard
“Half my students had never read a Shakespeare play,” says the historical novelist, whose latest book is “Horse.” “That set my hair on fire.”
David Sedaris Is Bullish on Thank-You Notes
In the midst of a grueling book tour, the best-selling author makes time to dispatch notes to people he’s met along the way.
Review: A Partial Manuscript of ‘Paradise Lost,’ by John Milton
John Milton, by then completely blind, composed his epic poem by dictation.
‘Meet Me by the Fountain’ Takes a Tour of the Mall
The design critic Alexandra Lange’s new book considers the rise and fall and dicey future of an American institution.
Newly Published, From Teenage D.J.s to the Pope
A selection of books published this week.
In ‘Also a Poet,’ a Search for Frank O’Hara and for Peace With Dad
Ada Calhoun hoped to finish a biography of O’Hara once started by her father, the art critic Peter Schjeldahl. Instead, she wrote a searching memoir about creativity and family.
Book Review: ‘The British Surrealists,’ by Desmond Morris
A famed zoologist returns to his first love, art, in a colorful portrait of the British avant-garde.
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