Book Review: ‘Festival Days,’ by Jo Ann Beard
The author’s forceful new collection, “Festival Days,” features characters, mostly drawn from life, often confronting illness, loss, violence and death.
Book Review: ‘New York, New York,’ by Thomas Dyja
Thomas Dyja’s “New York, New York, New York” describes the city’s revival in recent years, and the problems it will face in the future.
A Quest to Reclaim a Family Home Unearths a Past Buried by the Holocaust
In “Plunder,” a memoir by Menachem Kaiser, the author tries to repossess a building owned by his grandfather before the war and discovers a history he knew nothing about.
When a Nation’s Torturous Past Resembles ‘The Twilight Zone’
Named after the classic TV series, a new novel by Nona Fernández mines Chile’s dark history and shifts restlessly between genres.
William and Harry Aren’t the First Royals to Chafe Against Their Roles
In “Elizabeth and Margaret,” Andrew Morton hows how the queen and her sister struggled in their relationship.
Don Lemon Organizes His Books by Color
“I was doing it before Zoom bookshelves were a thing. Interior designers eat your hearts out.”
Our Autofiction Fixation
Why do we assume that a work of literary fiction must be based on its author’s life?
Imbolo Mbue on Writing Her Second Novel
Mbue talks about “How Beautiful We Were,” and Annalee Newitz discusses “Four Lost Cities.”
Book Review: ‘Hooked,’ by Michael Moss
Michael Moss’s “Hooked” explores the science of food addiction and the companies that make a profit from manipulating our biological instincts.
New in Paperback: ‘Dirt’ and ‘The Night Watchman’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Book Review: ‘Sex With Strangers,’ by Michael Lowenthal
Michael Lowenthal’s new story collection, “Sex With Strangers,” is a look at the tensions that animate life and relationships.
Harpo Marx, South Carolina’s Voting History and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Book Review: ‘Terror to the Wicked,’ by Tobey Pearl
Tobey Pearl’s “Terror to the Wicked” describes a 1638 trial in which three colonists were convicted and executed for murdering a Native American.
Book Review: ‘Hunt, Gather, Parent,’ by Michaeleen Doucleff
In “Hunt, Gather, Parent,” Michaeleen Doucleff visits with Indigenous people to pick up parenting tactics that Western cultures may be sorely lacking.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Essay That Made Jo Ann Beard Want to Write Nonfiction
"It was about humans and birds and science and the rights of animals to be free of human interference. So, pretty much a perfect storm for Jo Ann.”
Suleika Jaouad Does Not Want to Be Your Mountaintop Sage
But “Between Two Kingdoms,” her memoir of cancer and its aftermath, is striking a chord with readers who are enduring ordeals of their own.
A Child’s-Eye View, Both Haunted and Quotidian
In her Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at two graphic works for young people, including the Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s “The Lost Soul.”
I’m So Sorry! Romance Novels, Bad Behavior and Forgiveness
Four new novels bring readers the Happily Ever After they expect — but not in predictable ways.
Book Review: ‘In Search of a Kingdom,’ by Laurence Bergreen
Laurence Bergreen’s rollicking “In Search of a Kingdom” looks at the highly profitable relationship between a pirate and the first Queen Elizabeth.
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