Remembrance of Bookstores Past
New Yorkers still tell stories of browsing at Harlem’s Liberation Bookstore or spending the afternoon at Scribner’s.
Review: ‘The Return of Faraz Ali,’ by Aamina Ahmad
In Aamina Ahmad’s stunning debut novel,“The Return of Faraz Ali,” a police officer is asked to cover up a young girl’s death in the red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan.
New in Paperback: ‘Caul Baby’ and ‘While Justice Sleeps’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Stop and Smell the Roses
Or take a cloud out on a walk or climb the antlers of a deer.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The 1,328-Page Novel That Captivated the Primatologist Frans de Waal
“Haruki Murakami’s trilogy ’1Q84’ kept me spellbound for all of its 1,328 pages, which is unusual for me. Such an unrealistic story, yet so realistically told.”
Review: ‘The Trayvon Generation,’ by Elizabeth Alexander
“The Trayvon Generation” traces the influences of racism and violence on American culture today.
Rebecca Serle Met Her Mom’s Old Boyfriend, Then Wrote a Best Seller
‘One Italian Summer’ was inspired by a meaningful encounter during an intergenerational pilgrimage to Positano and Rome.
Richard Lipez, Who Reimagined the Gay Detective Novel, Dies at 83
Under the pen name Richard Stevenson, he sought to correct crime fiction’s portrayals of gay characters as freaks or villains with an entirely relatable protagonist.
Review: ‘Faith Ringgold: Politics / Power,’ by Faith Ringgold, Michele Wallace and Kirsten Weiss
A book of the artist’s work between 1967 and 1981 reveals her commitment to Black Power and Black feminism.
Review: ‘Sea of Tranquility,’ by Emily St. John Mandel
In “Station Eleven,” she explored fallout from a pandemic. Now, in “Sea of Tranquility,” Mandel takes up existential questions of time and being.
Newly Published, From Borscht to David Foster Wallace
A selection of books published this week.
New Fiction Illuminates Scars of Ukraine’s War
Two newly translated books highlight everyday lives transformed by conflict.
Book Review: ‘Ancestor Trouble,’ by Maud Newton
Maud Newton’s “Ancestor Trouble” is a sweeping genealogical investigation that becomes an investigation of genealogy itself.
Dark Truths About Britain’s Imperial Past
Caroline Elkins’s “Legacy of Violence” details the terrible price paid by peoples under the rule of the British Empire.
In a Climate Crisis, the Future Relies Alarmingly on Big Tech <div id="gtx-trans"> </div>
With her novel “A House Between the Earth and the Moon,” Rebecca Scherm creates a world that embodies the anxiety and indignity of our times.
Stop Telling Single People to Put Themselves ‘Out There’
For the women in Kate Folk’s debut story collection, it might be safer to just be alone.
Today We’d Call Her a Progressive Heroine. She’d Have Hated It.
In “Diamonds and Deadlines,” Betsy Prioleau tells the story of the extravagant, ruthless Gay Nineties media tycoon Miriam Leslie.
How to Game the Dystopian Future
In “Imaginable,” the futurist and game designer Jane McGonigal argues that being open to even far-fetched catastrophes can better prepare us.
The Shame Industrial Complex Is Booming. Who’s Cashing In?
In “The Shame Machine,” the data scientist Cathy O’Neil seeks to discover who exactly has a vested interest in our unhappiness.
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