Book Review: ‘My Friends,’ by Hisham Matar
A rash decision to attend an anti-Qaddafi protest in London reverberates in Hisham Matar’s poignant and quietly suspenseful third novel.
Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions
In “How to Be a Good Savage,” Mikeas Sánchez’ poems help preserve her language, Zoque, and allow it to commingle with English and Spanish, in an effort that is both global and deeply local.
Book Review: ‘You Dreamed of Empires,’ by Álvaro Enrigue
Álvaro Enrigue’s “You Dreamed of Empires” is a hallucinatory tale of the conquistadors’ arrival at Moctezuma’s gates.
Book Review: “Goldenseal,” by maria Hummel
In “Goldenseal,” Maria Hummel takes readers into a hotel room, then unfurls her characters’ complicated history.
Book Review: ‘Beautyland,’ by Marie-Helene Bertino
In Marie-Helene Bertino’s remarkable funny-sad novel, the young visitor and her mother find the means to persevere in the aisles of a cosmetics store.
Arno J. Mayer, Unorthodox Historian of Europe’s Crises, Dies at 97
A Jewish refugee from the Nazis, he argued that World War I, World War II and the Holocaust were all part of a “second Thirty Years’ War.”
2 Unjustly Forgotten Mystery Novels
Murder mysteries by the men who brought you Winnie-the-Pooh and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Book Review: ‘Poor Deer,’ by Claire Oshetsky
In “Poor Deer,” Claire Oshetsky explores the long shadow of a tragedy with devastating consequences.
Book Review: ‘The Furies,’ by Elizabeth Flock
In “The Furies,” the journalist Elizabeth Flock reports the stories of three women who fought back — to defend themselves, other women or their people.
Audiobook Review: ‘How to Say Babylon,’ by Safiya Sinclair
Reading her audiobook memoir, “How to Say Babylon,” the poet gives voice to her Jamaican roots, her early ambition and the Rastafari father who would have quashed it.
Book Review: ‘Leo Lionni’
The illustrator of classic children’s books like “Frederick” and “Swimmy” was also a painter, sculptor, graphic designer and more.
The 50th Anniversary of ‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’
For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling.
The 50th Anniversary of ‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’
For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship
These two titans of 20th-century literature and music formed a profound, yearslong relationship across generations and backgrounds.
Holly Jackson’s Maximization of Google Maps
In her “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” series and “Five Survive,” this British author makes herself at home on the East Coast.
Interview: Jill McCorkle
Finishing “The Portrait of a Lady” leaves the author of “Old Crimes,” a new story collection, “a little more confident.” Meanwhile, Rod Serling has a place on her shelves.
Mixtapes, T-Shirts and Even a Typeface Measure the Rise of Hip-Hop
New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish.
Harvard President’s Resignation: The Word That Undid Claudine Gay
The fate of Harvard’s president is the latest evidence of a deep crisis in American academia.
These Books Will Help Heal Your Relationship With Food
We asked experts in psychology, nutrition and body image for their top picks.
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