12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Want to Be a Writer? Get Your Training as a Wedding Planner.
Before Xochitl Gonzalez wrote her best-selling debut novel, “Olga Dies Dreaming,” she produced elaborate events. The experience was invaluable.
A Deer in the Headlights: ‘Bambi’ Reconsidered
As a new translation makes clear, this tale of survival, written between the wars by an Austro-Hungarian Jew, wasn’t intended for young children.
It Started as a Romantic Idyll. It Ended With a Stack of Corpses.
In “Reckless Girls,” by Rachel Hawkins, a vacation on a remote atoll in the South Pacific goes very, very wrong.
The Lyric Decision: How Poets Figure Out What Comes Next
There are endless ways to write a poem, but Rilke offered one foolproof formula that echoes throughout several recent collections.
Piecing Together God’s Body, From Head to Toe
In “God: An Anatomy,” Francesca Stavrakopoulou attempts to understand divinity as our ancestors did, as having a corporeal presence.
Book Review: ‘South to America,’ by Imani Perry
In “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry straddles genres to find her own — and our — South.
It’s Just a Game. Or Is It?
In “Seven Games: A Human History,” Oliver Roeder presents a study of checkers, backgammon, chess, Go, poker, Scrabble and bridge — and asks why we play.
A Shipwreck Leads to a Reckoning
In “The Last Slave Ship,” Ben Raines tells the story of the Clotilda, the founding of Africatown, Ala., and a history that wouldn’t stay buried.
These Stories Will Defy All Your Expectations
New collections by Bernard MacLaverty, Gwen E. Kirby, Gish Jen and Morgan Thomas.
A Border Novel Depicts the Haunting Landscapes of the ‘Disappeared’
Set along the frontier between the United States and Mexico, “Perpetual West,” by Mesha Maren, unfolds in a culture where the prospect of disappearance and death is a constant fear.
Historical Novels About Aviators, Heroes and Old-Fashioned Problem Solvers
From prewar Europe to Nazi-occupied France to Tudor England, this trio of novels will pilot you to different (and equally complicated) times.
Book Review: ‘Notes on an Execution,’ by Danya Kukafka
Danya Kukafka’s book focuses less on the mythos of the murderer and more on the humanity of his victims.
They Left a Broken U.S. for Outer Space. Now They’re Coming Back.
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel “Goliath” imagines what gentrification might look like in a nearly uninhabitable future America.
Striver, Burnout, Lover, Scrub: A Debut Novelist Lays It Bare
“Fuccboi,” by Sean Thor Conroe, follows a sometimes-tender, sometimes-offensive delivery boy struggling to produce meaningful art.
Book Review: ‘A Previous Life,’ by Edmund White
Set in 2050, after its author has died, “A Previous Life” is a metafictional comedy about literature and sex.
Weike Wang’s Antisocial Novel, ‘Joan Is Okay’
The author of “Chemistry” returns with a wry and awkward heroine who prefers the company of machines to her fellow humans.
The Chinese Language Revolution
Jing Tsu talks about “Kingdom of Characters,” and Kathryn Schulz discusses “Lost and Found.”
Two Novelists, Avi and Brian Farrey, Use Fiction to Show Kids Why Facts Matter
“Loyalty” and “The Counterclockwise Heart” — set in 1774 Boston and a fairy-tale kingdom divided against itself — explore how misinformation stokes fear and incites violence.
Four New Crime Novels
Stephen Hunter’s new novel, “Targeted,” features the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger — who’s still a crack shot — in his 12th adventure.
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