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.
Victoria Chang’s ‘Dear Memory’ Is a Multimedia Exploration of Grief
In her new book, Victoria Chang brings together letters, photos, marriage certificates, floor plans and other documents to examine memory and loss.
Diane Williams Navigates the Tricky Business of Intimacy
“How High? — That High,” her new story collection, is rooted in the dramatic potential of affairs and erotic regret.
An Investigation Into a Virgin Birth Upends Lives in This Sly English Novel
“Small Pleasures,” by Clare Chambers, features the lone woman journalist at a 1950s suburban English newspaper, whose life is upended when she’s assigned to investigate an unusual story.
Susan Orlean Has an Eye for the Little Creatures
“On Animals” is a collection of essays on subjects great and small, from orcas to pigeons to lions and tigers and panda bears.
Book Review: ‘Silverview,’ by John le Carré
“Silverview” features a young bookstore owner in an English seaside town, caught up in an investigation involving two cunning spymasters.
He Finds Women on Dating Apps. Then They Disappear.
After you finish Lisa Unger’s new novel, “Last Girl Ghosted,” you might think twice before swiping right.
Andrea Elliott on ‘Invisible Child’
Elliott talks about her new book, and Phoebe Robinson discusses “Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes.”
New in Paperback: ‘Out Loud’ and ‘A Thousand Ships’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
How Comics Responded to Our Locked-Down, Anxious Covid Lives
In his latest Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at three books — including new work from Art Spiegelman and Simon Hanselmann — that have emerged from the months of pandemic.
New Fiction About Family Members Gone Missing
Novels by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Lucy Corin and Zoe Whittall follow young women searching for lost loved ones.
Bookmobiles, Anderson Cooper and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
A Beautiful Mind
In Jeff Zentner’s “In the Wild Light,” a brilliant girl who loves science and a soulful boy who writes poetry join forces to escape pain and poverty.
A Jailed Indian Boy Chases His Scrap of Sky
For the 9-year-old narrator of Padma Venkatraman’s “Born Behind Bars,” life was but a dream.
Celebrate the Book Review's 125th Anniversary: A Times Event
On Oct. 25, join The New York Times Book Review and special guests for performances of favorite letters and reviews from the archives, trivia and more.
Book Review: ‘Out of the Sun,’ by Esi Edugyan
The historical and biographical essays in “Out of the Sun” reveal the constraints of the white, Western narrative.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Once a Best Seller, Always a Best Seller, Especially if You’re Rick Ross
When the rapper and hip-hop star found out that his book made the list, he went ahead and made it permanent.
Mary Beard Would Like a Moratorium on Churchill Biographies, Thank You
“And perhaps half the number of diet/self-help/well-being books would be quite sufficient.”
It’s a ‘Full-Contact’ Haunted House. What Could Go Wrong?
James Han Mattson’s “Reprieve” is a horror novel with questions of identity and power at its core.
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