Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 1:24pm
By Rebecca Chao
One of the first Iranian novelists to write in English, she examined the clash between East and West. Her debut novel, “Foreigner,” provided insight into pre-revolutionary Iran.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 5:01am
By Alexandra Alter
Five years later, she has a new novel, “Speak to Me of Home,” which draws directly from her family’s history in Puerto Rico and the Midwest.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 5:01am
By Jennifer Szalai
A new book by the New Yorker staff writer John Cassidy plumbs more than two centuries’ worth of grievances about our global financial order.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 5:00am
By Charlotte Druckman
Besha Rodell’s memoir, “Hunger Like a Thirst,” is also a fascinating capsule history of restaurant criticism.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 12:07pm
By Joanne Kaufman
She was a writer and a top editor at publications as diverse as The Nation, Vogue and Entertainment Weekly. She also helped found Grand Street and reboot Vanity Fair.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 10:29am
By Jennifer Szalai
“Original Sin,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, depicts an aging president whose family and aides enabled his quixotic campaign for a second term.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 5:01am
By Dwight Garner
Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 5:00am
By Nicolas Niarchos
As President Trump pushes to end the Russian invasion, two books look at the paramilitary Wagner Group and consider the shape of global conflict today.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 5:00am
By Casey McQuiston
In “A Sharp Endless Need,” two female high school athletes get lost in a vortex of passion while grappling with deeper wounds.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 5:00am
By Bobby Finger
In Kevin Wilson’s novel “Run for the Hills,” half siblings drive cross-country searching for the father who abandoned them.