‘Know My Name,’ a Sexual Assault Survivor Tells the World
Chanel Miller, the woman previously known as “Emily Doe,” wrote her memoir as an act of reclamation. Jennifer Weiner reviews it.
Why Are American Jews Falling Out of Love With Israel?
In “We Stand Divided,” Daniel Gordis argues that the problem is that American Jews don’t understand the particular nature of the Jewish state — as an ethnic, not liberal, democracy.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Debut Novel Mingles History and Fantasy
In “The Water Dancer,” which examines the psychological effects of slavery, a 12-year-old field hand discovers he has magical gifts.
Ann Patchett Spins a Modern Fairy Tale in Her Luminous New Novel
In “The Dutch House,” a brother and sister — exiled from their childhood home after the death of their father — grapple with family history.
Patti Smith Plumbs Her Dreams in ‘Year of the Monkey’
In her third memoir, the singer-songwriter, poet and author writes about her otherworldly experiences crisscrossing the country in 2016.
The Secret Is Out: Penguins Are Promiscuous Too
Lloyd Spencer Davis’s new book, “A Polar Affair,” explores long-suppressed, eyebrow-raising findings from an early expedition to Antarctica.
Two Times Reporters on ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’
Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly discuss their new book, and Tim Winton talks about his most recent novel, “The Shepherd’s Hut.”
New Y.A. Crossover From Morgan Parker, Renée Ahdieh and More
“Who Put This Song On?,” “The Beautiful,” “Juliet Takes a Breath” and “American Royals” show many ways to survive the wrenching journey to adulthood.
When Lesbian Publishing Made It Big
A graphic tribute to the landmark Naiad Press.
Considering Margaret Atwood and Uneasy Sisterhood
In Margaret Atwood’s 1993 novel “The Robber Bride,” three women encounter the glamorous and destructive college friend they thought had died five years earlier. Lorrie Moore reviewed it.
New in Paperback: ‘Looking for Lorraine’ and ‘Evolution’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
‘Something I’m Always Trying to Do Is Get You to Hang Out With Dead Bodies’
Caitlin Doughty, the mortician, self-described death activist and “funeral industry rabble-rouser,” has a new book, “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?”
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
One Part Gangster, One Part Philosophical Clown
“Night Boat to Tangier,” by Kevin Barry, features two battered old Irish drug smugglers right out of Beckett.
Leslie Jamison on the Best Book She Ever Got as a Present
The author, whose new essay collection is “Make It Scream, Make It Burn,” says that a boyfriend gave her a “Choose Your Own Adventure” novel with a secret message inside. “I don’t think I fully appreciated this gesture at the time; now I do!”
A Death-Haunted Poetry Book Mulls Life’s Reversals of Fortune
“Dunce,” by Mary Ruefle, confronts the extraordinary yet inescapable fact that all of us die.
What Reconstruction-Era Laws Can Teach Our Democracy
“The Second Founding,” by the historian Eric Foner, argues that the radical promise of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments — all passed after the Civil War — remains unfulfilled today.
A Translator’s Tribute to the Lifesaving Power of Words
In her evocative memoir, “Homesick,” Jennifer Croft recalls, in words and images, her troubled childhood and the solace she found in language.
More and More Children Are Feeling Anxious. This Graphic Novelist Is Trying to Help.
“Guts,” Raina Telgemeier’s warm, funny and realistic new graphic memoir, hits home for parents and children trying to climb out of the abyss of worry.
Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already.
In his new essay collection, “We Are the Weather,” Jonathan Safran Foer turns his attention to the climate crisis. Mark Bittman weighs in.
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