Is There Really Such a Thing as Maternal Instinct?
In “Mom Genes,” Abigail Tucker attempts to uncover the science behind what makes a mother and reveals her own struggle to be a good one.
Jhumpa Lahiri’s New Novel Pares a Shrinking Life Down to Its Essence
In “Whereabouts,” an unnamed narrator in an unnamed Italian city mulls a contemplative existence devoid of intimate human contact.
Book Review: ‘Antitrust,’ by Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar’s “Antitrust” looks at the history of policy toward trusts and monopolies, and calls for revitalized efforts to bring economic titans under control.
Malcolm Gladwell on the Hard Decisions of War
Gladwell’s “The Bomber Mafia” looks at the air campaign against Japan in World War II and finds a surprising hero in Curtis LeMay.
Pet Project
In the graphic novel “Allergic,” a young girl is relentless in her quest for a furry friend.
Patrick Radden Keefe on ‘Empire of Pain’
Keefe discusses his new book about the Sackler family and OxyContin, and Elisabeth Egan talks about JoAnne Tompkins’s debut novel, “What Comes After.”
When a Cold Case Turns Deadly
In her latest Crime column, Sarah Weinman reviews Amy Suiter Clarke’s debut novel, “Girl, 11,” about a true-crime podcast host in a killer’s cross hairs.
‘The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War,’ by Louis Menand: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War,” by Louis Menand
New in Paperback: ‘Why We Swim’ and ‘The End of October’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Philip Roth, “Middlemarch” and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
50 Things You Can Do for the Earth Right Now
In “The Climate Diet,” Paul Greenberg offers some suggestions for combating climate change, from switching out your light bulbs to asking your municipality to think about where it gets its energy.
Erin French Dishes About Writing, Survival and Takeout
The chef, author and Magnolia Network star is making it through the pandemic just like the rest of us: one meal at a time.
Chris Bohjalian Can Read for Hours in the Bath
“I also loved to read in swimming pools, pre-Covid, when vacations were a thing.”
Book Review: ‘The Free World,’ by Louis Menand
Menand’s “The Free World” is a sweeping survey of the revolutions that changed American life in the 1950s and ’60s.
What Made Our Species Unique: Walking
In “First Steps,” Jeremy DeSilva tells the evolutionary story of moving on two feet and how it shaped human development.
Every Coupling Depends on Lies, and Men Are Aliens
Brace yourself for a hearty dose of fatalism in “Terminal Boredom,” a dystopian story collection by Izumi Suzuki.
‘As Africans We Must Uplift Each Other’: A Memoir of Humanitarianism
In “I Am a Girl From Africa,” the former U.N. adviser Elizabeth Nyamayaro retraces her life story from childhood starvation to NGOs.
A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage
In her magical new novel, “Popisho,” Leone Ross transforms humanity’s worn-out suffering into something new and astonishing.
They Always Had Paris — So He Went Back There Without Her
In Gregory Curtis’s memoir, he looks back on his marriage and the city that saved him after his wife died of cancer.
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