Why the Nobel-Winning Economist Amartya Sen Recommends ‘King Lear’
“Sympathy and solidarity are qualities that people do need.”
What Role Do Emotions Play in the Way Our Brains Work?
In “Emotional,” Leonard Mlodinow examines the effect of feelings on our thought processes and mental lives.
A Gothic Novel Haunted by Nine Lives Over Nine Decades
In “Luckenbooth,” Jenni Fagan traces the strange, fantastical stories of artists, vagabonds, dreamers and mystics in a single tenement.
The Unsung Heroes of the 2020 Presidential Election
“The Steal,” by Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague, memorializes those brave Republicans who defied their party and refused to overturn the 2020 election.
Tackling the Enduring Mysteries of Dante’s Life
“Dante: A Life,” an impressively researched new portrait by the Italian novelist and historian Alessandro Barbero, plumbs some of the perennial riddles in Dante studies and arrives at unconventional conclusions.
Craving Books, Sex and Revolution
Gina Apostol’s novel “Bibliolepsy” revisits the final years of the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines.
Book Review: ‘Anthem,’ by Noah Hawley
In “Anthem,” Noah Hawley ushers readers into a nightmarish fantasy world.
In ‘Velorio,’ Hurricane Survivors Form a New Society. It’s No Paradise.
In his debut novel, Xavier Navarro Aquino follows a group of characters who start a utopia in the Puerto Rican mountains after Hurricane Maria.
A Novel Punctures the Fantasy of Post-Racial Society
In “Phenotypes,” by Paulo Scott, a man who has spent his career examining thorny issues of race returns home to confront a quandary of his own.
A Debut Novel About Friendship, Family and Other Ties That Bind
In “Brown Girls,” Daphne Palasi Andreades breaks a big world into small, meaningful pieces.
Taiwanese-Born Best Friends Endure a California Adolescence, Side by Side
Jean Chen Ho’s debut story collection, “Fiona and Jane,” follows all the milestones of growing up for immigrants in America.
The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was
Sinclair Lewis captured the narrow-mindedness and conformity of middle-class America in the first half of the 20th century. On the 100th anniversary of his best-selling novel “Babbitt,” Robert Gottlieb revisits Lewis’s life and career.
Is the Human Impulse to Tell Stories Dangerous?
In “The Story Paradox,” Jonathan Gottschall explores how narrative shapes reality and our own actions.
New in Paperback: ‘Of Women and Salt’ and ‘Drug Use for Grown-Ups’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Newly Published, From African Art to 3,000 Years of Athens History
A selection of books published this week.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Banned Books, Parisian Spaghetti Dinners and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
The Storybook Marriage of Alice and Martin Provensen
The Provensens lived inside a picture book as much as picture books lived inside them.
Kathryn Schulz Doesn’t Count Any Reading Pleasures as Guilty
“I adore William James and Henry James, but did I also read E.L. James back in 2011? You bet.”
The Best Seller List Has a Century Club with Limited Membership
What books sell briskly for more than 100 weeks? There’s no formula, but pictures help.
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