From a house haunted by phantom children to younger siblings haunted by sexual trauma, three new novels feature protagonists struggling to be or raise kids.
John Adams reviews “Schoenberg: Why He Matters,” in which Harvey Sachs explores the artistic, academic and spiritual life of a 20th-century cultural giant.
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
These novels remind us of old-fashioned human connections that can’t be severed, for better or worse.
Three recent audiobooks feature authors narrating their own personal stories, directly into your ear.
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”
“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.”
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
At age 3, Shane McCrae was taken from his Black father by his white grandparents — a rupture he explores in a new memoir.
Prudence Peiffer’s “The Slip” is a group biography of six visual artists and the work they created on the edge of Manhattan in the 1950s and ’60s.
The deals have become highly lucrative for the justices, including for those who used court staff members to help research and promote their books.
“My thinking is that reading will focus my mind, bring a hush over the chaos of the day so I can drift off,” says the author of the memoir “Educated,” one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2018. “But from time to time a book takes hold in that peculiar way that a book can, and I end up reading through the night. ... Books are both the best and worst thing for my sleep.”
Joshua Clover begins with hating people and loving cats, quickly adding juxtapositions and surprises.
Riley Sager has been on a publishing tear since 2017. His seventh book, “The Only One Left,” almost interfered with his breakneck pace.
Jonny Steinberg tells the story of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a moment when a new generation is reassessing their legacies.
Reading and writing are deeply valued in Maine. The novelist Lily King recommends fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and inspiration for writers.
Angeline Boulley, the author of “Firekeeper’s Daughter” and “Warrior Girl Unearthed,” recommends exhilarating young adult books that explore important social topics.
“In the Blood” traces how an engineer and a salesman took on military leaders and Big Pharma to get a revolutionary clotting agent to those in dire need.
With a book-rating law set to take effect in September, a group of booksellers, along with publishers and authors, filed suit to argue that it is unconstitutional.
In “Theoderic the Great,” the historian Hans-Ulrich Wiemer dissects the rule of the Goth king who nurtured Roman culture and impressed Machiavelli.
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