Salman Rushdie: Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love
They will tell you a lot about who you are.
A Desperate Writer Steals ‘The Plot’
Jean Hanff Korelitz discusses her new novel, and Elizabeth Hinton talks about “America on Fire.”
There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly
In “Super Fly” Jonathan Balcombe explores the world of the most annoying creature, moving beyond the buzz and drone.
Was the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Designed to Protect Slavery?
In her provocative new book, “The Second,” the historian Carol Anderson examines America’s history of racist legal decisions around gun rights, arguing that the Second Amendment was intended to guarantee white slaveholders a fighting force to suppress slave insurrections.
New in Paperback: ‘Love in the Blitz’ and ‘Sunny Days’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
What Contributed to American Culture After World War II? And Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Behind the Jim Crow Curtain
“Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” and “Unspeakable” restore the often-elided history of a prosperous, close-knit Black community on the eve of its destruction.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Game On! Great New Sports Books
Just in time for summer, these titles offer a variety of surprises — like the members of the 1986 Boston Red Sox discussing their famous collapse and Kevin Garnett offering his prescriptions for success.
New Books About Music to Read This Summer
Books about everything from Tupac Shakur to Latin music and memoirs by Sinead O’Connor and Rickie Lee Jones offer an answer.
Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors
“The warts-and-all version is almost always a disappointment, and they risk a retroactive taint.”
How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence?
In his latest Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Monsters” and Margaret Kimball’s “And Now I Spill the Family Secrets.”
Joanna Ho Knows the Virtue of Patience. She’s a High School Vice Principal
Her debut picture book is a best seller, but the road to get there wasn’t always easy.
Book Review: ‘The Other Black Girl,’ by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Zakiya Dalila Harris places her readers in the shoes of one of two Black employees at a New York City publishing company.
Juul Wanted to Disrupt Big Tobacco. Instead It Created an Epidemic of Addiction.
In “The Devil’s Playbook,” Lauren Etter tells the story of the rise and fall of the start-up that tried to upend the cigarette industry.
‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ by Richard Flanagan: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,” by Richard Flanagan
‘Revival Season,’ by Monica West: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Revival Season,” by Monica West
New & Noteworthy, From Slave Traders to the Savoy Hotel
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
An Invigorating Novel About Faith, Family and Falling From Grace
Monica West’s “Revival Season” takes readers under the big tent of Southern Baptist life.
From Fatwa to Fabulism: Salman Rushdie Takes Stock of the 21st Century So Far
“Languages of Truth” collects essays and speeches written between 2003 and 2020.
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