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.
Newly Published, From Famous Manuscripts to a Bookstore in Egypt
A selection of books published this week.
‘The Lincoln Highway,’ by Amor Towles: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Lincoln Highway,” by Amor Towles
‘My Monticello,’ by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “My Monticello,” by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
How White Feminism Threw Its Black Counterpart Under the Bus
Kyla Schuller’s “The Trouble With White Women” exposes the hypocrisies and patriarchal overtones of the mainstream movement for women’s rights.
At This Book Club, the Truth Is About to Come Out. It’s Not Pretty.
In “The Neighbor’s Secret,” L. Alison Heller gives us a dishy tale of nosy neighbors, mysterious vandalism, family shame — and murder.
Jonathan Franzen Takes On the Domestic Ills of the 1970s
“Crossroads,” his new novel, follows one family in a Chicago suburb as they navigate a world full of moral dilemmas.
The Enduring Influence of Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Advocate
Two new biographies, “Walk With Me,” by Kate Clifford Larson, and “Until I Am Free,” by Keisha N. Blain, recount Hamer’s struggle to open up voting to Black people in Mississippi and argue for the continued relevance of her tactics.
‘Grandma, Do You Think You Were Good in Bed?’ and Other Questions
The narrator of Elisa Victoria’s debut, “Oldladyvoice,” is wise beyond her years.
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