Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 5:02am
By Buzz Bissinger
In “A Life Impossible,” the former N.F.L. player opens up about outliving his life expectancy — the challenges, loneliness and moments of joy.
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 5:01am
By Alexandra Jacobs
Caroline Crampton shares her own worries in “A Body Made of Glass,” a history of hypochondria that wonders whether newfangled technology drives us crazier.
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 5:00am
By Maggie Shipstead
Set in a remote Welsh enclave on the cusp of World War II, Elizabeth O’Connor’s “Whale Fall” finds fresh resonance for a coming-of-age debut.
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 5:00am
By Helen Simonson
In Monica Wood’s rich new novel, “How to Read a Book,” death, prison and poetry become the catalyst for new beginnings.
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 3:00am
By Marie Solis
In “All Fours,” her first novel in almost 10 years, the writer, artist and filmmaker considers freedom — sexual and otherwise.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 7:50am
A maid resists her employers; citizens resist their country.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 6:52am
By Gina Apostol
The novel “American Abductions” captures the effects of U.S. immigration policy with the expansive reach of art.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 5:03am
By Esther Zuckerman
The filmmakers do more to align star and character than the novel did. But somehow that doesn’t make the movie indebted to the musician.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 5:00am
By Jean Kwok
Juli Min’s “Shanghailanders” runs from 2040 to 2014, showing how a cast of unsettled characters arrived at their current predicament.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 5:00am
By Kate Elizabeth Russell
Elise Juska takes readers back to the summer of 2021. The question is, do we want to go there?