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Two professors aid an undocumented worker following an accident that launches a trio of narratives about life lived across America’s borders in “In the Midst of Winter.”
“Dogs at the Perimeter” follows a woman born under the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as she navigates the mental perils of life as a survivor.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
In “Winter,” the second in her cycle of seasonal novels, Ali Smith engineers a contentious Christmas reunion between two long-estranged sisters.
The French writer Annie Ernaux uses “The Years” to anchor her particular 20th-century memories within the daunting flux of 21st-century society.
In Marilyn Stasio’s latest Crime column, we meet a murderous nanny, an abducted teenager, a little boy stranded in the high desert and a mad bomber.
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: William Peden’s 1959 review of Philip Roth’s first book.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
These books explores how administrations like Richard Nixon’s and Theodore Roosevelt’s worked with or fought against the news media.
Nadia Murad’s “The Last Girl” describes a Yazidi woman’s kidnapping by Islamist militants.
The essays in “Winter” have a characteristically Scandinavian focus on darkness, snow, quiet, emptiness and depression.
In childhood, the historian and novelist was a “voracious, excitable, starry-eyed” reader. He still is.
Drawing on her experience as a child who felt self-conscious about her dark skin, the actress hopes to help other kids reimagine what is beautiful.
In “Off the Charts,” Ann Hulbert examines the lives of child prodigies, who often fail to sustain their accomplishments into adulthood.
In Nathaniel Rich’s “King Zeno,” a great American city and a new kind of music take shape as the Spanish flu and a serial killer both run rampant.
In an exclusive interview, the (former) novelist shares his thoughts on Trump, #MeToo and retirement.
Authors from across the globe unearth their national roots in both fiction and nonfiction.
“The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” a posthumous story collection, is a sequel of sorts to Johnson’s influential and beloved “Jesus’ Son.”
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