How to Explain the Rise and Fall of WeWork?
In “The Cult of We,” Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell examine how WeWork’s Adam Neumann built a billion-dollar company simply out of renting communal work space.
From Lin-Manuel to Pollan to St. Aubyn: Audiobooks for Every Attention Span
Fiction and nonfiction for the busiest, most distracted of listeners.
S.A. Cosby on ‘Razorblade Tears’
Cosby discusses his new novel, and Dean Jobb talks about “The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream.”
The Murders That Touched Off Ireland’s Bloody Campaign for Self-Rule
“The Irish Assassins,” by Julie Kavanagh, recounts the birth of a violent Irish nationalist movement through a fresh history of the famous Phoenix Park killings in 1882.
$900 Out-of-Print Books, Moscow and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Megan Abbott’s Latest Crime Thriller Links Ballet and Sex
“The Turnout” explores the darker, erotic side of professional dance.
How Richard Nixon Changed America’s Place in the World
Jeffrey E. Garten’s “Three Days at Camp David” returns readers to 1971 and Nixon’s momentous decision to take the United States off the gold standard.
New in Paperback: ‘Burning Down the House’ and ‘Love After Love’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Jamia Wilson’s Inclusive Guide Is ‘Not Your Mama’s Feminism’
In “This Book Is Feminist,” for young readers, the former director of the Feminist Press sees a movement without borders — and talks about her hair.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Censorship
In “You Can’t Say That,” Leonard S. Marcus interviews 13 authors whose books for kids have been banned or challenged.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Sneaky Subversiveness of Laurie Colwin
The beloved food and fiction writer, who died too young in 1992, wrote about happiness but with more irony and ambiguity than you might think. All 10 of Colwin’s books are being rereleased this year, which makes now the perfect time to revisit them.
Tess Gerritsen Still Prefers to Read Books the Old-Fashioned Way, on Paper
“I’m one of those terrible book owners who bends down the corners of pages to mark my place.”
On the Children’s Series Best-Seller List, the Name of the Game Is Fantasy
Readers of all ages are looking for otherworldly escape — and lots of it.
Book Review: ‘Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,’ by Julie K. Brown
In “Perversion of Justice,” Julie K. Brown expands on her explosive 2018 series for The Miami Herald on the notorious financier to explore how he was able to avoid criminal prosecution for sex crimes for so long.
A Black Writer Found Tolerance in France, and a Different Racism
In William Gardner Smith’s 1963 novel “The Stone Face,” a journalist sees parallels between French bigotry toward Arabs and his treatment at home.
Are You My Mother? In This Novel, the Answer Is Complicated.
“I Couldn’t Love You More” introduces three generations of women grappling with secrets, shame and an inexorable bond.
‘I Couldn’t Love You More,’ by Esther Freud: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “I Couldn’t Love You More,” by Esther Freud
The Bombs May Have Stopped, but War’s Scars Still Run Deep
Anuk Arudpragasam’s “A Passage North” traces a journey across a country reeling from a decades-long conflict.
Solving the Mystery of Her Daughter’s Death, Parkinson’s Be Damned
“Elena Knows,” by the Argentine writer Claudia Piñeiro, follows a woman impaired by illness on a quest across Buenos Aires.
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