Who’s More Qualified to Write About Death Than a Funeral Director Poet?
Thomas Lynch’s new essay collection, “The Depositions,” should be required reading for anyone who is going to die someday.
Can’t Afford a Shopping Spree At Cartier? This Book Is the Next Best Thing
Francesca Cartier Brickell gives jewelry enthusiasts a peek into her family’s diamond-encrusted past.
New & Noteworthy, From Mo Rocca to George Wallace
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Dreaming Up Disneyland
In “Disney’s Land,” Richard Snow explains how Walt Disney turned 240 acres of orange groves into the iconic California theme park.
Dreading Thanksgiving? Pack One of These Books for Moral Support
Sometimes we read for escape. Sometimes we read to be reminded of the obvious: Things could be worse.
From the Highest Heights to the Lowest Depths, in Photographs
François Lebeau’s “Climbing Rock” and Christian Vizl’s “Silent Kingdom” reveal the sublime edges of the earth.
The Authorized Life of the Iron Lady
Charles Moore discusses the final volume of his biography of Margaret Thatcher, and Adrienne Brodeur talks about her memoir, “Wild Game.”
Kids Have Questions. These Picture Books Have Answers.
New books from Isabelle Arsenault, Grant Snider and more speak to children’s curiosity about everything from the color of nighttime to difficult stuff in the news.
The Martians Are Coming!
‘The War of the Worlds’ has been a novel and a radio broadcast. Now, an artist reimagines H.G. Wells’s extraterrestrial tale in graphic form.
Eight Audiobook Classics Written, and Narrated, by Women
Contemporary recordings breathe new life into such books as “To the Lighthouse,” “Jane Eyre” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
The 10 Best Books of 2019
The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year.
Charlotte Brontë and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Before the World Knew Them
New graphic biographies of the novelist and the Supreme Court justice show the determined paths they followed, from quietly rebellious girlhoods to full-on iconhood.
New in Paperback: ‘The War Before the War’ and ‘Evening in Paradise’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Does Race Matter? Who Gets to Ask That Question?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
We’re Still Talking About Gauguin
Three new art books revisit the complicated life and work of the French post-Impressionist.
Of Course Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is a Charles Bukowski Fan
“He was an old dog,” says the Emmy-winning actor, writer and producer (whose new book is “Fleabag: The Scriptures”), “but I love how visceral his writing is.”
Tragicomic Fiction That Masquerades as an Extended Lawyer Joke
Jorge Comensal’s first novel, “The Mutations,” features an attorney rendered mute by tongue cancer who finds comfort in the profane squawks of a parrot.
Don’t Hate Kevin Wilson, but He Wrote His Best Seller in 10 Days
Holed up in a highway-adjacent rental cabin, there was nothing else to do but get to work.
Murder at Lake Maggiore
Piero Chiara’s existential thriller “The Bishop’s Bedroom” explores a dangerous game of deception in the years just after World War II.
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