Read Your Way Through Utah
Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books to help you explore the state’s many facets.
Book Review: ‘The Other Side,’ by Jennifer Higgie
In “The Other Side,” the art critic Jennifer Higgie explores artists who found self-expression through different media — and mediums.
Book Review: ‘How to Be a Renaissance Woman,’ by Jill Burke
In “How to Be a Renaissance Woman,” the historian Jill Burke explores the aesthetic expectations of an era — and just how they were achieved. (Recipes included.)
Book Review: ‘The Storm We Made,’ by Vanessa Chan
True to the promise of its title, “The Storm We Made” kicks up a weather system of epic proportions, ranging from military terror during World War II to domestic warmth.
This California Librarian Wants Everyone to Experience ‘Library Joy’
The 33-year-old librarian from California has become popular on TikTok and Instagram with his upbeat take on libraries.
Book Review: ‘A Hitch in Time,’ by Christopher Hitchens
This bracing anthology of Christopher Hitchens’s work for The London Review of Books is just the ticket.
Elon Musk, X and the Problem of Misinformation in an Era Without Trust
Elon Musk thinks a free market of ideas will self-correct. Liberals want to regulate it. Both are missing a deeper predicament.
Book Review: “Pure Wit,” by Francesca Peacock
In “Pure Wit,” Francesca Peacock makes a fresh case for the writer Margaret Cavendish’s place in the feminist canon.
How ‘That Octopus Book’ Won Over More Than a Million Readers
With its beguiling octopus narrator, Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” has notable staying power and is back on the best-seller list — a year and a half after its release.
Book Review: ‘Penning Poison’ by Emily Cockayne
Emily Cockayne’s “Penning Poison,” a history of anonymous letters, reveals the ways we’ve been torturing one another, verbally, for centuries.
Book Review: ‘Mercury,’ by Amy Jo Burns
In “Mercury,” Amy Jo Burns explores the conflicting loyalties and many secrets of a roofing clan in small-town Pennsylvania.
Book Review: ‘Carnival of Dreams,’ by Basil Pao
“Carnival of Dreams” collects surrealist photo collages by the Hong Kong artist who once designed graphics for “Monty Python.”
18 New Books to Read in January
A look at the Trump-DeSantis rivalry, a witty tribute to “Murder on the Orient Express,” a memoir of open marriage and an epic Swedish novel in verse, among others.
‘Priscilla,’ Olivia Rodrigo and the Year of Girlhood and Longing
From the pop supernova Olivia Rodrigo to a memoirist whose long-held ballet aspirations stalled at the barre, young women gave voice to their longing this year in memorable ways.
Audiobook Review: ‘The Coming Wave,’ by Mustafa Suleyman With Michael Bhaskar
In “The Coming Wave,” the British social activist turned tech entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman explores the existential risks of our new digital age.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
New York Times Staffers on the Best Books They Read in 2023
A 1960s crime caper, a biography of the man who created the modern F.B.I., Sinead O’Connor’s memoir: Reporters, writers, editors and bureau chiefs describe their favorite reads of the year.
The Hottest Novel of 1903
Mary Augusta Ward’s “Lady Rose’s Daughter” was the blockbuster best seller of its day.
“Denial of Death,” by Ernest Becker, 50 Years On
Fifty years on, Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death” remains an essential, surprisingly upbeat guide to our final act on Earth.
Interview: David Mamet
“One must read between the lies,” he suggests, putting his own “Everywhere an Oink Oink” at the top of the list.
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