One Man’s Attempt to Solve a Mystery at the Top of Mount Everest
In “The Third Pole,” the author and adventurer Mark Synnott documents his attempt to find the lost body of a 1924 explorer.
Bolu Babalola’s Stories Reset the Idea of Who Sees and Who Is Seen
In Babalola’s debut collection, “Love in Color,” the knight in shining armor doesn’t necessarily wield a blade, but instead, the ability to see.
‘Early Morning Riser,’ by Katherine Heiny: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Early Morning Riser,” by Katherine Heiny
‘Under the Wave at Waimea,’ by Paul Theroux: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Under the Wave at Waimea,” by Paul Theroux
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Patents to Modern Art in Iran
A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Missing Girls and a Bit of Mysticism, in Paula McLain’s Debut Thriller
In “When the Stars Go Dark,” the author of “The Paris Wife” tries her hand at a new genre.
An Old Man’s Youthful Fascinations Animate Cynthia Ozick’s New Novel
The protagonist of the author’s latest work, “Antiquities,” recounts his obsession with Egyptian artifacts and his boyhood friendship with an unusual classmate.
‘Love Made You Black’: Gazes of Desire and Despair in a New Novel
Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut, “Open Water,” sets a romance between 20-somethings against the backdrop of racial oppression in southeast London.
On the Run From the Nazis, Taking Train After Train
Written in the wake of Kristallnacht, “The Passenger,” a novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, follows a Jewish man in an increasingly hostile world.
Paul Theroux’s New Novel Takes On Life’s Crashing Waves
“Under the Wave at Waimea” follows a former surfer through a reflective and ultimately transformative period.
Voyages of Hope and Anguish: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
“The Memory Theater,” “On Fragile Waves” and “Victories Greater Than Death” take readers tumbling through realms and ever stranger stories.
Book Review: ‘Empire of Pain,’ by Patrick Radden Keefe
“Empire of Pain,” by the New Yorker staff writer, is a deeply reported chronicle of the Sackler family and the highly addictive painkiller it marketed — at great profit and with disastrous results for the public.
Katherine Heiny Shows Readers How to Pay Attention to the Little Things
“Early Morning Riser” is a small-town story with meaningful ramifications.
The Women of NPR, When NPR Was a Start-Up
Lisa Napoli’s “Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie” follows four reporters who helped make the scrappy nonprofit into an American institution.
When Someone Says ‘Everything Is Fine,’ It Usually Isn’t
In this dark family memoir, Vince Granata recalls the afternoon his brother killed his mother.
The City That Won’t Shut Up Fills Two New Books With Its Babble
“New Yorkers,” an oral history by Craig Taylor, and “Names of New York,” Joshua Jelly-Schapiro’s chronicle of street names, capture the dizzying variety and fluidity of the city’s stories.
The Secret of Ongoingness, in a Novel About a Retirement Home
In “Aviary,” by Deirdre McNamer, a fire at a senior living facility reveals the entangled lives of its inhabitants.
And Now, a Case for the Ordinary
Maria Kuznetsova’s novel “Something Unbelievable” shows how unspectacular moments can transcend their confines, how spectacular the ordinary can be.
Clarice Lispector’s Lessons in Being Human
“An Apprenticeship” is a love story between a schoolteacher and a professor. But it’s also a kind of spiritual treatise.
The 15th-Century Wool Worker’s Son Who Made Books for Princes and Popes
“The Bookseller of Florence,” by Ross King, tells the history of Renaissance bookmaking through the story of Vespasiano da Bisticci, who rose from humble roots to dominate the trade.
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