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Richard Flanagan’s new novel, “The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,” urges us to pay attention to the things that matter.
In Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam’s novel “Arcadia,” one teenager seeks self-awareness while living on a commune ruled by a hedonistic leader.
Michael Dobbs’s “King Richard” tells the story of the first few months after Nixon’s second inaugural, when his eventual downfall was becoming clear.
Joel Selvin’s book “Hollywood Eden” revisits “the myth of the California paradise.”
O’Farrell discusses her novel about Shakespeare and his family, and Judith Shulevitz talks about Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place.”
New work from Satoshi Kitamura, Lynne Rae Perkins, Shawn Harris, Bruce Handy, Hyewon Yum, Nikki Grimes, Elizabeth Zunon, Micha Archer, Julie Flett and Vera Brosgol.
Both the British and the Americans were unable to defeat enemies they thought would be pushovers.
Jonathan Stevenson’s “A Drop of Treason” examines the career of Philip Agee, whose 1975 book revealed key secrets of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
“He was one of my heroes growing up,” says the 11-time N.B.A. All-Star and author of “Letters to a Young Athlete.” “Any morsel of knowledge that he shared should be treasured.”
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
You have your sunscreen and beach chairs. Once you pick up any of these 24 books, summer can really begin.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In “The Unbroken Thread,” Sohrab Ahmari sees Western society as having overreached on freedom and lost a sense of rootedness in tradition and community.
The co-host of “The View” talks about why she wrote “Summer on the Bluffs” and why Martha’s Vineyard is important to her.
In “Phase Six,” by Jim Shepard, pathogens released from excavated permafrost set off a global pandemic.
A political history of ACT UP New York in the late 1980s and early ’90s is part oral history, part call to arms.
With our calendars cleared last year, many of us found more time to lose ourselves in books. Let’s hold onto that vibe this year.
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
“Nervous System” divides an ailing Ph.D. student between her old country and her new one.
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