Nonfiction: Roxane Gay on the Traumas of the Body
At its simplest, the memoir “Hunger” is about being overweight in a fat-phobic world. But it’s much more besides.
Audiobooks: What (Books) to Listen to This Summer
The Times’s book critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review recommend some great audiobooks for summertime.
Open Book: Star-Struck
Julie Klam’s new book is a mostly lighthearted and far-ranging look at our obsession with celebrities.
The Book Review Podcast: The World of Jane Austen Fans
Deborah Yaffe talks about “Among the Janeites,” and Robert Ferguson discusses “Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North.”
Inside the List: Imagining the Love Between a Master Hacker and a Fed
The veteran romance writer Julie Garwood turns to computer crime in her latest novel, “Wired,” new on the hardcover fiction list at No. 7.
Children’s Books: Big Concepts for Little Minds
Five new books for babies and newly independent readers illustrate the philosophical and the existential.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Don Winslow’s By the Book, Miranda Seymour’s review of Mary Thorp’s diary and more.
Children’s Books: Two New Novels Evoke the Past and the Future of Fantasy Stories
A.F. Harrold’s “The Song From Somewhere Else” and James Nicol’s “The Apprentice Witch” play with world-building for middle-grade readers.
The Shortlist: New Novels Depict Valiant Women of Old America
Three new novels dealing with history and heroines.
The Enthusiast: Joan Aiken’s Spinoffs and Sequels Finish the Stories Jane Austen Never Told
In five companion novels that she called her “Austen entertainments,” Aiken gave second chapters to some of Austen’s most intriguing characters.
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Otherworldly: Pirates, Drugs and Time Travel: The Best of New Science Fiction and Fantasy
N.K. Jemisin reviews new sci-fi and fantasy adventures by K.J Parker, Nicky Drayden, Brenda Cooper, and Steven R. Boyett and Ken Mitchroney.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: A Comic Novel of Infidelity Grapples With Sex and Money
Matthew Klam’s debut novel, “Who Is Rich?,” tells the tale of a conflicted adulterer.
Bookshelf: Set in New York, Fit for the Hammock
“The Gargoyle Hunters” by John Freeman Gill is one of several new books featuring New York City as a backdrop.
Newsbook: 3 Books Take a Deeper Look at the Opioid Epidemic
Two books help explain the opiate abuse crisis and how we may resolve it, while a novel shows the havoc addiction can wreak.
Essay: In Jane Austen’s Pages, Death Has No Dominion
What was death to the writer who never killed off a major character? In Austen’s six novels, mortality is a more subtle matter.
By the Book: Allegra Goodman: By the Book
The author of “The Chalk Artist” admires Mary Garth in “Middlemarch”: “She is not only brave and witty, but totally sane. That’s hard to write. Madness is easy. A character with good sense is a tour de force.”
Children’s Books: Whimsical New Picture Books with a Spotlight on Wordplay
In these frisky new picture books, complex play with language sparks curiosity.
Nonfiction: A British Expat in Norway Gets Beyond the Scandinavian Stereotypes.
Robert Ferguson’s “Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North” offers an engaging, layered look into a complex culture.
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