What Happens When Flowers Have Too Much Power?
An artist illustrates her fascination with a frightening book.
Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ Is Emotional, Planetary and Very Turbulent
Composed in the same fragmented style as her much admired “Dept. of Speculation,” the author’s new novel takes on climate change in a deeply human context.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
What Happens When Flowers Have Too Much Power?
An artist illustrates her fascination with a frightening book.
New in Paperback: ‘Bad Blood’ and ‘Lost Children Archive’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Why Gish Jen Hasn’t Read One of the Most Acclaimed Books of 2019
“The title evokes yoga for me and, much as I love yoga, I am allergic to books with a namaste vibe.”
E.J. Dionne Jr.’s Lost Hope for the Republican Party
Dionne’s latest book, “Code Red,” calls for unity among Democrats, to the exclusion of the right wing.
For Ann Napolitano, the Third Time’s the Charm
Her new novel, “Dear Edward,” took eight years to write — and sometimes she could only squeeze in five minutes a day. But it’s her first to land on the best-seller list.
The Classic Novel That Saw Pleasure as a Path to Freedom
The heroine of Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” begins to notice what she wants, rather than what her male-dominated society wants her to want.
A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher
Claude McKay’s novel “Romance in Marseille” deals with queer love, postcolonialism and the legacy of slavery. It also complicates ideas about the Harlem Renaissance.
In Hollywood, Stories About People of Color Are Still Rare. These Y.A. Fantasy Novels Pick Up the Slack.
Echo Brown’s ‘Black Girl Unlimited,’ Anna-Marie McLemore’s ‘Dark and Deepest Red’ and Adam Silvera’s ‘Infinity Son’ expand the possibilities for teenage heroes.
Alice Mayhew, Editor of a Who’s Who of Writers, Dies at 87
At Simon & Schuster, best sellers were her stock in trade. She popularized the nonfiction political page turner, starting with “All the President’s Men.”
Hired to Tame Horses, She Bonded With the People, Too
In “Half Broke,” Ginger Gaffney recounts the a year and a half she spent helping a ranch managed by prison inmates.
The Journalist and the Murderers
In “Race Against Time,” the Mississippi journalist Jerry Mitchell chronicles four key cases of racist violence from the 1960s and his role in unearthing damning new evidence.
New & Noteworthy Poetry Books
Recent collections from Eliza Griswold, Mark Bibbins and more; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Comic Coming-of-Age Novel Laced With Social Commentary
Gabriel Bump’s “Everywhere You Don’t Belong,” about a young black man from Chicago’s South Side, balances emotional heaviness and levity, Tommy Orange writes in his review.
The True Story of a Medieval Romeo and Juliet
Stefan Hertmans’s novel “The Convert” reimagines an 11th-century romance.
Vivian Gornick Can’t Stop Rereading
In “Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader,” the revered memoirist makes an urgent argument for the value of returning to a book you’ve already read.
‘Wuthering Heights’ Reimagined as a 1960s Affair
In “Heathcliff Redux,” the novella at the heart of Lily Tuck’s new collection, an unnamed narrator becomes obsessed with her own Heathcliff.
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