The Speed Freak Who Transformed Running
“Running to the Edge,” by Matthew Futterman, recounts the story of the legendary coach Bob Larsen and his record-breaking runners.
The World’s Far Corners and Deepest Depths
Robert Macfarlane talks about “Underland: A Deep Time Journey,” and Julia Phillips discusses “Disappearing Earth.”
Neal Stephenson’s New Novel — Part Tech, Part Fantasy — Dazzles
“Fall; or, Dodge in Hell” is a staggering feat of imagination, intelligence and stamina.
As The 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11 Nears, New Books Highlight The Mission's Legacy
These works make apparent how singular an achievement America's moon landing was — and show that half a century later we're still grappling to understand its long-term meaning.
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Why Did the Moon Landing Matter? A Slew of New Books Offer Answers
Jill Lepore explores the many new accounts of the Apollo 11 mission on its 50th anniversary, including Douglas Brinkley’s “American Moonshot.”
'Call Your Daughter Home' Has Deep Roots In Real Life
Television producer Deb Spera draws on her childhood in rural Branchville, S.C. in her first novel, painting a bleak, atmospheric portrait of three women's lives in the South during the 1920s.
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'Norco '80' Is A Gripping Account Of One Of America's Most Notorious Bank Heists
Peter Houlahan's account of the violent robbery and its aftermath is based on interviews with civilians, officers and robbers involved; his prose reads like a crime novel in the best way possible.
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A Glimpse of Virginia Woolf’s Original Manuscript for ‘Mrs. Dalloway’
Before Woolf settled on the unique perspective for her modernist masterpiece, she had a more expansive, though traditional, book in mind — “The Hours.”
What’s a Pandemic? And What’s With James Ellroy?
Readers respond to the June 9 issue of the Sunday Book Review.
Moving to a New Place Is Hard for Kids. These Books Show How It Gets Better.
Ali Benjamin’s new novel and a sparkling debut from Laura Tucker are among four books about relocation and the promise of new beginnings.
Have Women Writers Really Been Boxed Out of the Thriller World?
Sara Paretsky takes issue with a roundup in our Summer Reading issue. And other features provoke responses from various correspondents.
New in Paperback: ‘Small Fry,’ ‘The Hellfire Club’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
A Man of Faith Wonders at How Evangelicals Can Support Trump
In “The Death of Politics,” Peter Wehner explores what politics has done to Christian witness and despairs about the allegiances of the Trump era.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Bully or the Bullied? Kathleen Hale Is Both
In “Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker,” the essayist casts herself as equal parts victim of online cancel culture, and predator.
'Giants Of The Monsoon Forest' Explores The Lives Of Working Elephants In Asia
Geographer Jacob Shell describes the lives of these elephants of mountainous Myanmar and northeastern India that haul timber or transport people with details at once compelling and disturbing.
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Sarah Dessen’s ‘The Rest of the Story’ Lands at No. 2
“I’ve had a lot of young women tell me my books were a friend in high school when they didn’t have many,” Dessen says. “Man, I know that feeling.”
Summer Reader Poll 2019: Meet Our Expert Panelists!
We've got fantastic judges for this year's summer reader poll! Alexandra Petri, Aparna Nancherla, Guy Branum and Samantha Irby will take your votes and curate a final list of 100 side-splitting reads.
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'Recursion' Is A Puzzle Box Of Time Travel, Memory And Death
Blake Crouch's new book reads like a relative of those late night college conversations about Big Questions. Here, the question is, if you could live your life over again, but differently, would you?
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By the Book: Elliot Ackerman
The novelist and journalist, whose most recent book is the memoir “Places and Names,” thinks Vronsky gets a bad rap in “Anna Karenina”: “I believe that he loved Anna, in his strange broken way.”
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