Neal Stephenson’s New Novel — Part Tech, Part Fantasy — Dazzles
“Fall; or, Dodge in Hell” is a staggering feat of imagination, intelligence and stamina.
Why Did the Moon Landing Matter? A Slew of New Books Offer Answers
Jill Lepore explores the many new accounts of the Apollo 11 mission on its 50th anniversary, including Douglas Brinkley’s “American Moonshot.”
A Glimpse of Virginia Woolf’s Original Manuscript for ‘Mrs. Dalloway’
Before Woolf settled on the unique perspective for her modernist masterpiece, she had a more expansive, though traditional, book in mind — “The Hours.”
What’s a Pandemic? And What’s With James Ellroy?
Readers respond to the June 9 issue of the Sunday Book Review.
Moving to a New Place Is Hard for Kids. These Books Show How It Gets Better.
Ali Benjamin’s new novel and a sparkling debut from Laura Tucker are among four books about relocation and the promise of new beginnings.
Have Women Writers Really Been Boxed Out of the Thriller World?
Sara Paretsky takes issue with a roundup in our Summer Reading issue. And other features provoke responses from various correspondents.
New in Paperback: ‘Small Fry,’ ‘The Hellfire Club’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
A Man of Faith Wonders at How Evangelicals Can Support Trump
In “The Death of Politics,” Peter Wehner explores what politics has done to Christian witness and despairs about the allegiances of the Trump era.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Bully or the Bullied? Kathleen Hale Is Both
In “Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker,” the essayist casts herself as equal parts victim of online cancel culture, and predator.
Sarah Dessen’s ‘The Rest of the Story’ Lands at No. 2
“I’ve had a lot of young women tell me my books were a friend in high school when they didn’t have many,” Dessen says. “Man, I know that feeling.”
By the Book: Elliot Ackerman
The novelist and journalist, whose most recent book is the memoir “Places and Names,” thinks Vronsky gets a bad rap in “Anna Karenina”: “I believe that he loved Anna, in his strange broken way.”
‘Patsy’ Upends the Stereotypes of Immigrant and Gay Fiction
Nicole Dennis-Benn’s second novel “Patsy” follows a Jamaican woman as she begins a new life in Brooklyn, leaving her child behind.
California and Water: Half Environmental Nightmare, Half Remarkable Success Story
In “The Dreamt Land,” Mark Arax chronicles California’s attempt to control its greatest natural resource, often to detrimental effect.
A Time-Twisting, Mind-Bending Novel, Perfect for Summer Reading
Blake Crouch’s alternate-reality thriller, “Recursion,” explores identity, memory and the very things that make us human.
Marriage Is a Mess in ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’
With her debut novel, Taffy Brodesser-Akner updates the midlife malaise story, starring a left-behind husband who suddenly becomes a single parent.
He Hears America Singing Guns N’ Roses
In “Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems,” Campbell McGrath celebrates chain restaurants, rock music and the joyful raucous stupidity of pop culture.
What Happened When Juror C-2 Met Juror F-17 at the Murder Trial
“The Body in Question,” a mordantly intelligent novel by Jill Ciment, features a sensational crime, a sequestered jury and a torrid love affair.
What Happened When Juror C-2 Met Juror F-17 at the Murder Trial
“The Body in Question,” a mordantly intelligent novel by Jill Ciment, features a sensational crime, a sequestered jury and a torrid love affair.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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