In ‘A Sand Book,’ Ariana Reines Finds Ecstasy in Chaos
The writing in Reines’s new collection is queer and raunchy, raw and occult and vulnerable as she moves between worlds in search of the divine and the self.
Comics That Capture the City in All Its Human and Physical Messiness
In her Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new works from Mark Alan Stamaty and Jaime Hernandez that each grapple with urban existence.
Democracy in Crisis
Larry Diamond’s “Ill Winds” warns that American freedom is threatened from both inside and out.
The Speed Freak Who Transformed Running
“Running to the Edge,” by Matthew Futterman, recounts the story of the legendary coach Bob Larsen and his record-breaking runners.
The World’s Far Corners and Deepest Depths
Robert Macfarlane talks about “Underland: A Deep Time Journey,” and Julia Phillips discusses “Disappearing Earth.”
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.
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