When a Father Has a Second Family
In “Secrets of Happiness,” her new novel of love triangles and divided loyalties, Joan Silber explores the aftermath of a shocking revelation.
John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity
In “Nine Nasty Words,” McWhorter explains that offensive language depends on time, place and history.
From Spain to Sydney to Small-Town New Mexico, 3 Debuts Anchored by a Strong Sense of Place
New novels by Eva Baltasar, Kavita Bedford and Kirstin Valdez Quade.
Where the Other Wild Things Are
Liniers’s “Wildflowers” feels like an older sister to Maurice Sendak’s work, maybe taking place on the next island over from Max’s rumpus.
The Woman Who Looked at a Forest and Saw a Community
In “Finding the Mother Tree,” Suzanne Simard recounts her life’s work of understanding trees as part of an interconnected system.
When You Roast Your Friends in a Book, and One’s Your Landlord
“Higher Ground,” a novel by Anke Stelling, features a mother of four railing against German bourgeois norms.
An Ambitious Novel Takes Flight
In “The Great Circle,” Maggie Shipstead crosses centuries and time zones to deliver an epic story of women whose lives are up in the air.
Amy Klobuchar on ‘Antitrust’
The senator discusses her new book about fighting monopoly power, and Andrew Solomon talks about Katie Booth’s “The Invention of Miracles.”
New in Paperback: ‘All Adults Here’ and ‘Fire in Paradise’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
From Nigella Lawson to David Chang, Chefs Narrate the Stories Behind the Dishes
New audiobooks to queue up in or out of the kitchen.
Reflecting on a Lifetime of Reading and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
It’s a Dog’s Life — or Is It?
In Remy Lai’s graphic novel, “Pawcasso,” a dog that crashes an art class may not be who he seems.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
How Do You Illustrate Resilience? These Graphic Novels Show the Way.
Among the books in her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at “A House Without Windows,” about the precarious lives and fighting spirits of children in the Central African Republic.
Kicking Homer to the Curb: The American Scholar Who Upended the Classics
Robert Kanigel’s new biography relates the curious life and death of Prof. Milman Parry.
Olivia Laing‘s Reading Piles Are Far From Organized
“There are something like 15,000 books in our house, including pretty much every poetry pamphlet published in the 20th century. It’s a problem.”
Michio Kaku Says the Universe Is Simpler Than We Think
The physicist’s latest book, “The God Equation,” explains the search for the theory of everything.
15 New Books to Watch For in May
Buzzy new novels from Stacey Abrams, Jean Hanff Korelitz and Andy Weir; Michael Lewis’s take on the pandemic; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ode to grief and more.
New & Noteworthy, From Elizabeth Warren to Life as a Black Millennial
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
When Teacups, Burning Lumps of Coal and Eggs Flew Through the Air
In her delightfully spooky new book, “The Haunting of Alma Fielding,” Kate Summerscale investigates poltergeist activity in 1930s London.
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