9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fred Siegel, Urban Historian and a Former Liberal, Is Dead at 78
His books traced his transformation from a Democratic Socialist in New York to neoconservative partisan for Rudolph Giuliani and Donald Trump.
Book Review: ‘Blue Skies,’ by T.C. Boyle
“Blue Skies,” by T.C. Boyle, considers life in a coastal America made increasingly untenable by climate change.
Sometimes, Academic Writing Hits Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Emotionally
“Those works are labors of love too,” says the author, whose new novel is “Chain-Gang All-Stars.” “I like work that moves me, makes me see things anew, asserts humanity, cares enough to really look. That can be emotional or intellectual and usually (almost always) it’s both.”
Stepping Into Big Shoes, Anne Hillerman Walked in a New Direction
Tony Hillerman’s daughter had her own dreams for one of the stars of his novels. Now she carries on the family tradition, with a few twists.
Book Review: ‘A Line in the Sand,’ by Kevin Powers
Kevin Powers brings together a military thriller and police procedural in his new novel, “A Line in the Sand.”
Poem: The World Is Breaking in Flowers the Breath of Things
Darkness has a speed, and motion — hovering, being, flowing, breathing — unifies this poem and its world.
How to Compost, According to Gardening Experts
Don’t get hung up on how long it should take or how many citrus peels are too many. As one longtime composter put it, “My rule is: Don’t worry about it.”
Book Review: ‘When the Heavens Went On Sale’ by Ashlee Vance
Ashlee Vance’s “When the Heavens Went on Sale” chronicles a new competition striving for escape velocity.
Book Review: ‘The Guest,’ by Emma Cline
In “The Guest,” a 22-year-old traipses through the rarefied spaces of Long Island, N.Y., where she will never be fully welcome.
Book Review: ‘Paved Paradise,’ by Henry Grabar
“Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, examines the country’s obsession with parking, from its effects on urban sprawl to the violence it sometimes provokes.
Book Review: ‘Small Mercies,’ by Dennis Lehane
Lehane’s new novel, “Small Mercies,” sets a crime story against the backdrop of the city’s school busing battles of the 1970s.
Book Review: ‘Walking With Sam,’ by Andrew McCarthy
In “Walking With Sam,” the actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy looks back on an epic adventure.
Book Review: ‘The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy,’ by Joe Sexton
In “The Lost Sons of Omaha,” the journalist Joe Sexton investigates a saga of death that occurred in Nebraska during the racial unrest after the killing of George Floyd.
Book Review: ‘Retrospective,’ by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
“Retrospective,” a novel by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, takes the film director Sergio Cabrera as its subject.
Book Review: ‘Professor Schiff’s Guilt,’ by Agur Schiff
In “Professor Schiff’s Guilt,” an Israeli novelist becomes embroiled in a case involving his slave-trading ancestor.
Book Review: ‘Our Migrant Souls,’ by Héctor Tobar
“Our Migrant Souls,” the author’s first nonfiction book in nearly a decade, is a deeply personal meditation on Latino American experience.
Pulitzer Prizes 2023: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists
Hernan Diaz and Barbara Kingsolver each received a fiction prize, and the Washington Post journalists Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa won the nonfiction prize for “His Name is George Floyd.”
Ronald Steel, Critic of American Cold War Policies, Dies at 92
In essays and books. he saw the U.S. postwar era as a series of misadventures spawning unwise wars. He also wrote the definitive biography of the journalist Walter Lippmann.
New Butterflies Are Named for Sauron, ‘Lord of the Rings’ Villain
The distinctive marks on the newly identified insects resemble the baleful eye of Sauron, the dark lord in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series.
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