Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments
“Natural History,” “Avoid the Day,” “Crossings” and “Little Scratch” offer literary puzzle boxes and formal feats.
In This Novel, a Grisly Discovery Leads to Self-Discovery
The three siblings at the center of “The Boy in the Field,” by Margot Livesey, find an unconscious child. Their lives are never the same.
Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit
In Jennifer Hofmann’s debut novel, “The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures,” an aging Berliner loses his sense of self.
Disaster May Upend Reality, but What Is ‘Real’ Anyway?
In “The Unreality of Memory,” the poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert considers our psychological relationship to calamity.
3 Graphic Novel Detective Stories
Dynamic duos set out to solve mysteries for others and end up uncovering truths about themselves.
Three New Books by Women in the American Political Sphere
Memoirs by Representative Ilhan Omar, the political analyst Tiffany Cross and the former congresswoman Katie Hill recount trials, victories and hopes for changing the country.
Isabel Wilkerson Talks About ‘Caste’
Wilkerson describes the ideas about race in America that fuel her new book, and David Hill discusses “The Vapors.”
Hot and Bothered: Four New Romance Novels
Looking for a pitch-perfect summer escape? We’ve got some recommendations.
New in Paperback: ‘Around the World in 80 Trees’ and ‘The Truths We Hold’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Three New Memoirs Offer a Glimpse Into the Writer’s Mind
Literary biographies take you from the ’70s New York underground to a contemporary writer’s residency at Google, recalling all the verses and prose along the way.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Edmund White Thinks Most People Misread ‘Lolita’
“Nabokov’s job in the book is to make you like the monstrous Humbert Humbert. In the 1960s readers were too swinging to see how evil he was and now readers are too prudish to see how charming he can be.”
Experiencing War Far From the Battlefield
Two new books look at World War II from the perspectives of outsiders on the fringes of conflict.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
‘Luster,’ by Raven Leilani: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Luster,” by Raven Leilani
Unfortunately, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s Book is Well-Timed
This Princeton professor was going to write a biography of James Baldwin. A violent encounter between the police and a Black man put his book on a different track.
You Can’t Avoid Death, but You Can Make It Easier
In Karolina Waclawiak’s novel “Life Events,” a “death doula” struggles to detach from her patients.
In ‘Luster,’ Young Black Women Feel Uneasy in a White American Home
Raven Leilani’s debut novel follows an interracial, intergenerational affair as it leads to an unusual redefinition of family.
Coming of Age Amid the Troubles
In “Inventory,” Darran Anderson sorts through the objects and memories of his 1980s Northern Ireland adolescence.
‘The Lost Pianos of Siberia,’ and the Lost Individuals Who Played Them
Sophy Roberts goes on a quest for a rare instrument, and discovers a vast, uncharted history along the way.
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