When the End of Life Seems Endless
A married couple makes a suicide pact in Lionel Shriver’s new novel, “Should We Stay or Should We Go.”
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Bill Bratton Doesn’t Root for the Bad Guys
A fan of crime novels, the former police commissioner loves Michael Connelly’s hero Harry Bosch — but adds, “I don’t have a favorite villain.”
John Green is Not Writing in Code
The author of “The Fault in Our Stars” is back on the best seller list with his first book for adults. This time, he’s telling readers who he is.
Was the Space Program Worth the Cost?
Jeff Shesol’s “Mercury Rising” explores the careers of John Kennedy and John Glenn as a way to cut through the rhetoric of space exploration.
Rivka Galchen’s Historical Novel Satirizes Moral Panic
“Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch” sets a literal witch hunt in 17th-century Germany.
Two Books on the Bizarreness of Texas
“Forget the Alamo,” by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford, and “A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles,” by Bill Minutaglio, have many strange stories to tell about the Lone Star State.
New Audiobooks From Seth Rogen, Danielle Henderson and Elon Green
From a grisly ’90s true-crime story to slapstick comedy to family heartbreak, these narrators know how to keep your attention.
A Jamaican-British Gay Man Makes His Own Way, With Musical Accompaniment
Paul Mendez’s debut novel, “Rainbow Milk,” traces the legacy of one family’s decision to leave the Caribbean.
‘Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir,’ by Akwaeke Emezi: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir,” by Akwaeke Emezi
‘Animal,’ by Lisa Taddeo: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Animal,” by Lisa Taddeo
Why ‘Unwell Women’ Have Gone Misdiagnosed for Centuries
The British scholar Elinor Cleghorn’s new history traces medicine’s sexism from Hippocrates to today.
‘Barcelona Dreaming’ Offers a Nostalgic Trip to Pre-Crisis Europe
Three cross-cultural narratives in Rupert Thomson’s new novel paint a picture of Barcelona during the early 2000s.
The Grindr Advice Column That Became a Memoir of Modern Queer Life
In “Hola Papi,” the writer John Paul Brammer mines his own experiences and traumas to deliver wisdom for queer readers.
In Quantum Physics, Everything Is Relative
Carlo Rovelli’s “Helgoland” explores the world of the smallest particles and asks what makes them unique.
Bill Bratton Explains His Ideas of Good Policing
In “The Profession,” Bratton, with his co-author, Peter Knobler, offers an engaging account of his half-century in law enforcement.
Meet the Pandemic’s Newest Doctors, Who Quickly Became Pros
In “Life on the Line,” Emma Goldberg takes readers behind the hospital curtains in New York City at the peak of the pandemic.
Alex DiFrancesco Captures the Fraught Magic of the In-Between
The story collection “Transmutation” follows protagonists across the gender spectrum filling their days with TV, Twitter and revenge.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Queer Love to the Soul of a Nation
A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
How Ethel Rosenberg Offered Her Own Life as a Sacrifice
Anne Sebba’s new biography tells the story of a fanatical Communist and loving mother who went to her death proclaiming her innocence.
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