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In her new novel, “The Husbands,” Chandler Baker turns the Stepford formula upside down.
Published in Britain in 2012 but only being released in the United States for the first time now, “My Policeman,” by Bethan Roberts, depicts a passionate love triangle between a married couple and an older gay man in 1950s Brighton.
New novels by Tahmima Anam and Y.Z. Chin feature South Asian American women facing disadvantages in tech.
Can farmers make money without wrecking the land? That’s the complex question James Rebanks tries to answer in his new book, “Pastoral Song.”
Alix Ohlin’s “We Want What We Want” and Genevieve Plunkett’s “Prepare Her” explore desire and alienation.
Omar El Akkad talks about “What Strange Paradise,” and Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang talk about Facebook and “An Ugly Truth.”
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Maybe you should just surrender to the sweet slumber.
“The World Gives Way,” “The Chosen and the Beautiful” and “Sword Stone Table” borrow from familiar stories but offer surprising readings.
In “Maya and the Robot,” a shy brainiac finds, fixes and brings to life an artificially intelligent robot named Ralph.
Kwame Mbalia and 16 author friends, including Jason Reynolds, Varian Johnson, Tochi Onyebuchi, Dean Atta and Jerry Craft, make an anthology.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new books from Kristen Radtke and Lizzy Stewart, as well as a first graphic novel from Anne Carson.
A look at this week’s popular novels reminds us that good writing runs in families, wet T-shirts attract attention and you can’t hide from your past.
“Holden Caulfield irritated me massively.”
In “Putting It Together,” James Lapine recounts how he and Stephen Sondheim created the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.
A selection of recent titles of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
In a travelogue, Lisa Wells searches for communities and individuals committed to healing the damage of climate change.
Killens’s posthumously released novel, “The Minister Primarily,” is a searing and satirical look at race in America.
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