Gabrielle Union Likes to Read in the Bathroom
“It’s quiet, I am left alone, it’s optimal temperature, I feel like I’m killing a couple birds with one stone, and I can retain what I’ve read.”
What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What!
Riddles are as old as the English language and, as Adrienne Raphel explains, can tell us a lot about Anglo-Saxon culture — as long as we are able to solve them.
A Writer Reckons With the Fact That ‘People Love Dead Jews’
Dara Horn’s new essay collection looks at the ways the Jewish past has been contorted to elide the actual realities of anti-Semitism.
Married 39 Years, and Ready to Call It Quits Over Their Kids’ Objections
In María Amparo Escandón’s third novel, “L.A. Weather,” readers can expect a year of stormy days.
Newly Published, From a Naked Humans Society to Kyoto Travels
A selection of books published this week.
Colm Toibin Imagines the Life of Thomas Mann in ‘The Magician’
Toibin’s new novel is a survey of the German writer’s monumental career, complicated family life and hidden sexuality.
A Heart-Rending Novel About an Intersex Teenager Forced to Live as a Boy
In her debut, “An Ordinary Wonder,” Buki Papillon explores the complex, and often painful, experiences of a Nigerian teenager forced to deny her identity.
‘Beautiful Country,’ by Qian Julie Wang: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Beautiful Country,” by Qian Julie Wang
In Tokyo, a Bored Wife Seeks Excitement
Emily Itami’s debut novel asks an age-old question: Does marriage and kids mean monotony and obligation or is there room for one’s authentic self?
Stuck With a Sick Parent in Hospital Hell
Lo Yi-Chin’s novel “Faraway” recounts a Taiwanese man’s struggle to get his father home from mainland China.
For This Basketball Team, a Championship Was Just the First Challenge
In “Brothers on Three,” Abe Streep follows a high school basketball team through both a championship season and a reservation suicide epidemic.
On Matters of Race, Randall Kennedy Demands Thinking Over Feeling
Kennedy’s new essay collection, “Say It Loud!,” challenges many common beliefs in the name of individuality.
Moving to New York With Little Cash but Charm to Spare
“Happy Hour,” a debut novel by Marlowe Granados, follows a pair of thrifty, stylish and nimble young women navigating the big city.
Trans Rights and Gender Identity
In “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,” Helen Joyce argues against an increasingly popular idea.
Sally Rooney’s Novel of Letters Puts a Fresh Spin on Familiar Questions
“Beautiful World, Where Are You” asks readers to consider everything from the nature of fame to our place in the modern world.
His Mother Is Terminally Ill. His Father, a Mystery.
In Atticus Lish’s second novel, “The War for Gloria,” a teenage boy shoulders grueling family hardships.
How One New York Firefighter Remembers 9/11 — and What He Learned
Joseph Pfeifer was a battalion chief on 9/11, and his memoir, “Ordinary Heroes,” vividly describes the day as seen by someone at ground zero.
Dawn Turner Looks Back on Her ’70s Girlhood, and Those Who Got Left Behind
“Three Girls From Bronzeville” follows three close-knit children as they grow up to become radically different women.
Why Did Two People So Poorly Matched Stay Together So Long?
Christopher Sorrentino’s memoir, “Now Beacon, Now Sea,” examines the endurance and effects of his parents’ confounding marriage.
Venita Blackburn Captures the Wonder, and Danger, of Young Womanhood
The stories in “How to Wrestle a Girl” follow characters in lust, in grief, in fear and online.
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