Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Presidents of War’ and ‘Solitary’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Times Critics’ Top Art Books of 2019
The Times’s art critics select 26 of their favorite art books and books related to art of the year.
The Stories Behind American Heroes, Made Accessible to Kids
Picture book biographies of Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson, Jimmy Carter and more introduce people who just kept going, until they changed the world.
The Best Crime Novels of the Year
Marilyn Stasio’s 2019 top 10 list includes a gruesome Danish serial-killer thriller, a missing-persons caper and a murder mystery set in the video-gaming world.
Edelweiss, Edelweiss? Julie Andrews Loves Reading About 18th-Century Plant Hunters
“I’m fascinated by stories of how the various plant specimens we take for granted today were originally discovered,” says the actor, whose latest book is “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.”
‘The Man Without Qualities’ Acquires a New Volume
Combining material from Robert Musil’s great unfinished novel and from his archives, “Agathe, or the Forgotten Sister” focuses on the twinlike siblings at the book’s heart.
Once Upon a Time in Ireland
Niall Williams’s novel “This Is Happiness” takes readers to a remote rural village, a “forgotten elsewhere” that’s on the brink of great change.
An Argument That Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Wasn’t So Great
Amity Shlaes’s “Great Society: A New History” claims that liberals hurt the very people they are trying to help.
The Pioneering Bella Abzug
Leandra Ruth Zarnow’s “Battling Bella” presents an outspoken Bella Abzug who has something to say for our own time.
‘Annihilation’ Author Jeff VanderMeer Delivers Fresh Horrors
His new novel, “Dead Astronauts,” is a phantasmagoric pastiche set in a post-climate-change future.
On Loony Island, a Malignant Priest Strips Mental Patients of Free Will
A.R. Moxon’s debut novel, “The Revisionaries,” reimagines the prison-industrial complex as a corrupt theocracy.
A Not-So-Cold Case in Not-So-Frigid Iceland
In Olaf Olafsson’s novel “The Sacrament,” a nun’s investigation of abuse allegations rekindles troubling memories from her own past.
New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Bob Dylan to Greta Thunberg
A selection of recent audiobooks of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Brian Doyle Noticed the Little Things. His Book Reminds Us We Should Too.
“One Long River of Song” celebrates nature, family, music and life.
The Arbiter of Aristocracy: And No, It’s Not Downton’s Dowager
Laura Thompson’s “Life in a Cold Climate” documents the upper-class fiction and fixations of Nancy Mitford, known for her pronouncements on what was de rigueur.
Let Us Now Praise Mike Nichols
John Simon reviews “Life Isn’t Everything: Mike Nichols, as Remembered by 150 of His Closest Friends,” an oral history by Ash Carter and Sam Kashner.
If Nietzsche Were in High School
Lars Iyer’s new novel, “Nietzsche and the Burbs,” imagines the German philosopher as a contemporary British adolescent.
The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2019
The most notable picture books, middle grade and young adult books of the year, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor.
Dissecting Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Supreme Ambition’
In her impressively reported new account, Ruth Marcus unpacks the political maneuvering behind the justice’s ascent to the Supreme Court.
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