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Lessing’s 1962 novel is far from a manifesto. But in its embrace of chaos and split identities, it captures the mood of both its time and ours.
The acclaimed novelist and story writer, who died in 2003, depicted the everyday experiences and domestic concerns of women — themes that deserve more literary recognition.
A.O. Scott talks about Jones’s work and the American experience, and Eric Jay Dolin discusses “A Furious Sky.”
Marilyn Stasio finds much to like in the latest batch of crime novels, filled with abrasive, unpleasant sorts.
What did our critics think of the histories, memoirs and novels that explored the road to the 19th Amendment?
Roger Moorhouse’s “Poland 1939” looks back at the very beginning of World War II to understand what happened and what might have happened.
Three new books — by Jennifer Ackerman, Sarah Maslin Nir and Patrik Svensson — explore some familiar and some less known members of the animal kingdom.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
“The boundaries between subjects are really artificial constructs by humans, like the boundaries between colors in a rainbow.”
Of course they are — and this summer, more than ever, indulge in some page-turning escapism.
Of course they are — and this summer, more than ever, indulge in some page-turning escapism.
When it comes to nightmare nuptials, “The Guest List” takes the cake.
A combination of biography, cultural commentary and personal reflection, Annik LaFarge’s “Chasing Chopin” radiates out from the “Funeral March.”
In “Finding Freedom,” the veteran reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand show how the British royal family’s fairy tale turned into a cautionary one.
Xander Miller’s debut novel asks how we can stay together when the world is coming apart.
“Evil Geniuses” diagnoses the troubling changes that have taken place in America over the last several decades, and how to fix them.
An excerpt from “Evil Genuises,” by Kurt Andersen
Michael Hiltzik’s “Iron Empires” describes how 19th-century robber barons created and destroyed wealth on an unprecedented scale.
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