Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections
“The Ruin of Everything,” “Hao” and “Variations on the Body” explore fraught relationships and the long shadow of war.
When the Au Pair Helps With the Care of the Children and the Sex Life of the Parents
T.L. Toma’s second novel, “Look at Us,” follows a wealthy couple who embark on a sexual misadventure with their au pair.
‘Commercial’ vs. ‘Literary Writing,’ Cozy Mysteries and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Lena Dunham on Joy Sorman and Unnameable Female Pain
“Life Sciences” follows the youngest in a family of women plagued by mysterious, unheeded illnesses.
A History of Modernity That Puts Africa at Center Stage
“Born in Blackness,” by the former New York Times correspondent Howard W. French, is a deeply researched account of the continent’s often overlooked role in the development of the modern world.
Why Does Thoreau Live On? A Few Famous Writers Offer Answers.
In “Now Comes Good Sailing,” an anthology gathered by Andrew Blauner, famous writers including Pico Iyer, Lauren Groff and Amor Towles meditate on Thoreau’s influence.
How Books Led a Young Jane Goodall to Live Among the Chimps
“There was no TV when I was a child. I learned from books — and nature. I read every book about animals I could find. Doctor Dolittle and Tarzan led me to dream about living with animals in Africa.”
He Stayed Grounded by Writing a Thriller Set in Outer Space
Chris Hadfield went viral as an astronaut singing David Bowie in orbit. Now he has written a Cold War thriller packed with cosmic action.
Book Review: ‘Oscar Wilde,’ by Matthew Sturgis
In this review of a biography by Matthew Sturgis, one playwright takes the measure of another.
Newly Published, from a Haitian Earthquake to MacArthur Park
A selection of books published this week.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Literary Freedom as an Essential Human Right
In an essay adapted from remarks he delivered at PEN America’s annual literary gala, the renowned Harvard scholar and author argues that readers and writers must be allowed to engage freely with subjects of their choice.
A Survivor of Suicide Writes of His State of ‘Eternal Dying’
In his new memoir, “One Friday in April,” Donald Antrim tells his own story and argues that a suicide attempt is “a disease process, not an act or a choice.”
In J.K. Rowling’s Latest Fantasy Novel, Pigs Do Fly
After his beloved stuffed toy is hurled out the car window, a boy and its despised replacement, “The Christmas Pig,” traverse an underworld of loss.
Book Review: ‘LaserWriter II,’ by Tamara Shopsin
In her novel “LaserWriter II,” Tamara Shopsin visits the free-spirited world of Tekserve, a beloved Mac repair shop in 1990s Manhattan.
He Read All 27,000 Marvel Comic Books and Lived to Tell the Tale
In “All of the Marvels,” Douglas Wolk went down a very deep rabbit hole to find the essence of what he calls the “epic of epics.”
A Memoir of Post-Genocide Refugee Life Rendered With Delicacy and Insight
In “Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds,” Mondiant Dogon, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, recounts a saga of horror, frustration and hope.
When a Factory Relocates to Mexico, What Happens to Its American Workers?
“American Made,” by Farah Stockman, is a deeply reported account of three workers at a ball bearing plant in Indianapolis, as the factory closes down and they lose their jobs.
Cursed for Life? Not So Fast, Say Alice Hoffman’s Witches
In “The Book of Magic,” a family is determined to break a centuries-old spell.
A Memoir of Filipino American Family Life in the Wake of Colonialism
“Concepcion,” by Albert Samaha, combines the epic sweep of global history with an intimate family narrative.
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