Book Review: ‘The Revolutionary Self,’ by Lynn Hunt
In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in the world.
Book Review: ‘Theory & Practice,’ by Michelle de Kretser
In Michelle de Kretser’s new novel, a young graduate student gets caught in the gap between ideals and real life.
Book Review: ‘The Echoes,’ by Evie Wyld
In Evie Wyld’s new novel, “The Echoes,” a woman mourns her partner while also contending with the traumatic past she left behind.
Book Review: ‘Dream State,’ by Eric Puchner
Set in a rapidly warming Montana valley, a new novel spans 50 years of a rocky friendship.
Book Review: ‘Looking at Women Looking at War,’ by Victoria Amelina
The Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina compiled stories of women resisting the Russian invasion. After she was killed, colleagues ensured publication of her unfinished book.
Book Review: ‘How to Be Avant-Garde,’ by Morgan Falconer
A new book by Morgan Falconer argues that artists working today should take inspiration from Futurism, Dada and other art movements that sought to reinvent the field.
With ‘Paper Doll,’ Dylan Mulvaney Wrote the Book on Girlhood. Now What?
Her bubbly video diaries about her gender transition were once a study in oversharing. Now on the other side of a nationwide boycott, she sees the value in keeping some things to herself.
In ‘The Years,’ an Abortion Scene Is Causing Audience Members to Pass Out
“The Years,” running in London, dramatizes a woman’s life from teenage thrills to later-life sex. One intense scene is causing audience members to pass out.
Book Review: ‘Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,’ by Rebecca Romney
In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers.
Book Review: ‘Snowy Day and Other Stories,’ by Lee Chang-dong
Set in 1980s South Korea, Lee Chang-dong’s book “Snowy Day and Other Stories” hangs in the shadow of the violent Gwangju massacre.
Book Review: ‘The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir,’ by Edmund White
Edmund White seems to hold nothing back in his raunchy, stylish, intimate new memoir, “The Loves of My Life.”
A Tiny Press Took a Big Risk on Experimental Books. It Paid Off.
The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re coming to the U.S.
Book Review: ‘Jesus Wept,’ by Philip Shenon
Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and the ideological battles that followed the Second Vatican Council.
Book Review: ‘Nesting,’ by Roisín O’Donnell
The heroine of Roisín O’Donnell’s novel “Nesting” is a young mother desperate to escape her husband’s physical and emotional control.
Adapting the Twists and Turns of ‘Conclave’
How the novel became an Oscar-nominated film.
Book Review: ‘A Fearless Eye: The Photography of Barbara Ramos’
Newly published, long hidden photographs by Barbara Ramos capture life in the city in the 1960s and 70s.
Children’s Picture Books About Wearing Eyeglasses
A forgetful bear, a lovesick boy and, yes, George Washington share their views from the bridge.
Children’s Picture Books About Wearing Eyeglasses
A forgetful bear, a lovesick boy and, yes, George Washington share their views from the bridge.
Best Gothic Thriller Novels, According to M.L. Rio
The author of “If We Were Villains” recommends novels that will make you shiver with delight one moment and recoil in horror the next.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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