Prep School Confidential
Secrets — and spirits — swirl through Michael Knight’s novel, “At Briarwood School for Girls.”
Wondering at the ‘Special Universe’ of Gay Life in All Its Diversity
In “Out of the Shadows,” Walt Odets looks at the trauma and shame that still plague gay men, and argues for more self-actualized and authentic lives.
Bill Geist Fondly Remembers the Middle America of Old
“Land of the Ozarks” looks back at a time that was less healthy than today, but possibly more fun.
A Thriller Set in Jacobean England Delves Into a Notorious Murder
In “The Poison Bed,” Elizabeth Fremantle reopens the case of Robert and Frances Carr, aristocrats charged with killing a man who opposed their marriage.
A Literary Cocktail of Gun Molls, Rotgut Moonshine and Skittering Shadows
In “Westside,” W.M. Akers’s debut novel, Prohibition-era Manhattan has been divided by a giant wall, and the city has been overrun by jungle and rot.
In the Semi-Fantastical World of ‘The Fox and Dr. Shimamura,’ Nothing Is Certain
In Christine Wunnicke’s new novel, a neurologist suffers from a mysterious fever as he toggles between Eastern and Western cultures.
The Hacking Supergroup That Counts Beto O’Rourke as One of Its Own
Joseph Menn’s “Cult of the Dead Cow” is a narrative history of a group of hackers who went from apolitical hobbyists to security advisers for the world’s most powerful institutions.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Portrait of a Donkey, the Traveling Companion of a Literary Giant
Huguette Martel paints the title character from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes.”
His Novel’s Hero Is a Middle-Aged Canadian Catholic Professor. And a Suicide Bomber.
Randy Boyagoda’s satirical novel “Original Prin” is an antic account of one man’s journey from a college in Toronto to the war-torn Middle East.
New in Paperback: ‘Bruce Lee,’ ‘Fruit of the Drunken Tree’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Got Any Time-Travel Plans This Summer?
Let this spate of science fiction transport you to another era.
First Love and Other Investigations
In these Y.A. novels, teenagers search for answers to the mysteries of love and the puzzle of themselves.
An Antiracist Reading List
Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.
Debut Short Story Collections Unearth the Dark Underbellies of Relationships
Amanda Marbais’s “Claiming a Body,” Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s “Sabrina & Corina” and Xuan Juliana Wang’s “Home Remedies” mark these authors’ brave entrees into fiction.
Four Delicious New Romance Novels
Whether you’re looking for princes, priestesses, or competent women running the show, there’s a book for you this summer.
The Many Cruelties of Syria
Sam Dagher’s “Assad or We Burn the Country” describes a regime that will go to any length to stay in power.
The Many Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stephen Budiansky’s new biography of the Supreme Court justice reveals a man who was guided by experience, not logic.
Jill Lepore Argues for American Patriotism
Lepore’s “This America: The Case for the Nation” calls for the United States to live up to its ideals.
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