Padgett Powell Goes Snake Chasing
The novelist’s first nonfiction book, “Indigo,” collects wide-ranging essays unified by his unmistakable voice.
McCartney, With and Without Lennon
In “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present,” Paul McCartney and the poet Paul Muldoon present the words to 154 of the former Beatle’s songs.
Huma Abedin Talks About ‘Both/And’
Abedin discusses her new memoir, and Gary Shteyngart talks about his latest novel, “Our Country Friends.”
New in Paperback: ‘First Principles’ and ‘The Searcher’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Memoirs of Womanhood by Emily Ratajkowski, Toufah Jallow and N. West Moss
Three autobiographical debuts reveal the pain and power of the female condition.
Letters to the Editor on the 125th Anniversary Issue
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
What Does War Feel Like to a Child?
“How War Changed Rondo,” a picture book by the Ukrainian artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, captures the unrelenting destructiveness of wartime as a young person experiences it.
Steve Sheinkin’s Explosive Sequel to ‘Bomb’
“Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown” offers a whirlwind account of events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis.
13 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Ew, David, Your Book Is a Best Seller!
What went on behind the scenes on “Schitt’s Creek”? Now readers can find out.
Ew, David, Your Book Is a Best Seller!
What went on behind the scenes on “Schitt’s Creek”? Now readers can find out.
John Banville, the Contemporary Novelist Who Avoids Contemporary Novels
“I read very little new fiction these days, to my shame and regret. ... So much of it seems to me mere prattle. Isn’t that awful?”
Newly Published, From Elie Wiesel to ‘The Loneliest Americans’
A selection of books published this week.
The Decade That Changed America Forever
Kevin Boyle’s “The Shattering” tells the story of the profound disruptures that rocked the country in the 1960s.
To Cover World War II, These Women Journalists Fought Sexism at Home
“The Correspondents,” by Judith Mackrell, is a group portrait of six pioneering female war correspondents, and the considerable challenges they faced.
Is It Possible to Explain How Consciousness Works?
The neuroscientist Antonio Damasio has distilled his theories about consciousness in “Feeling & Knowing,” paring things down and using an accessible style.
Reality According to Tom McCarthy
His new novel, “The Making of Incarnation,” examines the arcane technologies that help shape the modern world.
An Artist in Lockdown, Forged by Catastrophe
In Sarah Hall’s novel “Burntcoat,” a fictionalized pandemic spurs a sculptor to productive heights.
Caught Between Worlds? So Are the Characters in These Books.
Three new historical novels introduce us to characters who can’t be in two places at once.
The Manhattan ‘Madam’ Who Hobnobbed With the City’s Elite
A new biography by Debby Applegate recounts the story of Polly Adler, who arrived in America from Russia at 13 and became New York’s most successful brothel owner, befriending mobsters, policemen, politicians and writers.
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