Which Kind of Witch Should She Be?
In Emma Steinkellner’s graphic novel “The Okay Witch,” a teenager descended from famous witches faces bigotry, not to mention her mother’s opposition.
It’s Not Easy Being Evil
In Sarah Jean Horwitz’s ‘The Dark Lord Clementine,’ a girl born into a family of Dark Lords struggles to do what’s right, er, wrong.
Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime
Marilyn Stasio takes time off from her crime fiction column to guide readers through some real-life chronicles of violence, madness and appalling misbehavior.
Oliver and Elio Are Back
With “Find Me,” André Aciman has written a surprising sequel to “Call Me by Your Name.”
New in Paperback: ‘The Browns of California’ and ‘The Far Field.’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
How Can People Be Persuaded to Eat Less Meat?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Considering Love, Loss and Jeanette Winterson
In Jeanette Winterson’s 1993 novel “Written on the Body,” the narrator (whose name and gender are never specified) navigates a consuming affair with a married woman.
New French Fiction: From Farm to Table, With Feasting in Between
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s “Animalia” follows a rural family while Marie NDiaye’s “The Cheffe” charts a career in the kitchen.
Need Costume Ideas?
Check out literature’s favorite bad guys, scary women and diabolical creatures.
‘Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For,’ by Susan Rice: An Excerpt
An excerpt from ‘Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For,’ by Susan Rice
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
He’s Played Churchill and Lear. But for John Lithgow, Audiobooks Test His Mettle.
“Stamina is the real challenge: a hoarse voice, a tired brain and a sore ass. But as with all the spoken arts, the only bad experience is bad writing.”
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The latest crop of horror fiction — some new, some reissued — is truly the stuff of nightmares.
New & Noteworthy, From Ghost Stories to Essays on Female Identity
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Hisham Matar Spent ‘A Month in Siena’ Staring at Art
The new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is part travelogue and part art criticism, a reflection on the power of art to affect us deeply.
Shut Up and Drink Your Champagne: The Impossible Life of the Impossible Elaine Stritch
In “Still Here,” a biography by Alexandra Jacobs, Stritch comes across as a matchless talent and a hopeless neurotic.
Demi Moore, Julie Andrews and Carly Simon Tell All
These three memoirs were all written by famous women — but that’s about all they have in common.
An Inventor’s Life That Was Incandescent Any Way You Look at It
In a new biography of Thomas Edison, Edmund Morris tells the story in reverse — starting at the end and going backward to his birth.
Tim O’Brien, a Veteran of War and Fatherhood, Opens Up to His Sons
In “Dad’s Maybe Book,” based on letters to his children over the years, the author reflects on life, death and literature.
Rescuing Native Americans From the Imaginative Prison of the Past
Finally, there is a critical mass of children’s picture books about Indigenous people living vibrant, diverse, contemporary lives.
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