Book Review: “Come See the Fair,” by Gavriel Savit
In Gavriel Savit’s new fantasy, set at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, an orphan girl who performs sham séances finds she may have true powers after all.
Llano County Keeps Public Libraries Open Amid Book Ban Controversy
Officials in Llano County considered closing the entire library system in lieu of returning challenged titles to its shelves.
Meir Shalev, Whose Novels Found Humor in Israeli Life, Dies at 74
He focused mostly on the half century before Israeli independence, finding the plight of the early Zionists ripe for affectionate satire.
Rachel Pollack, Transgender Activist and Authority on Tarot, Dies at 77
Her science fiction writing won awards. Her tarot books won her a devoted following. And she created DC Comics’ first transgender superhero.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
New Comic Book Publisher Sees Creators as Partners, and Stockholders
DSTLRY hopes to improve the treatment of creators in the industry by offering an opportunity to reap the benefits of their characters and content.
‘Harry Potter’ to Become a TV Series
The author J.K. Rowling is expected to executive produce the show, which will appear on Max, the streaming service from Warner Bros. Discovery.
Clint Smith’s Back-to-Back, Genre-Spanning Best Sellers
In 2021, “How the Word Is Passed” was on the hardcover nonfiction list for five weeks. Now Smith is back — with a book of poetry on the fiction list.
By the Book: Charles Frazier Wants You to Wait Before Reading the Classics
“Over the years,” says the historical novelist, whose new book is “The Trackers,” “I’ve come to realize that many great books we were assigned to read in school are far more enjoyable and have more to say when approached later in life.”
Poem: On Jasmine
This poem operates by a kind of fairy logic: mesmerizing, oneiric, enchanted, with language that surprises and clauses that seem to magnetically adhere.
Alicia C. Shepard, Ombudsman Who Defended NPR in Torture Debate, Dies at 69
In one of many jobs she held in a diverse journalism career, she dealt with charges that the network was “serving as right-wing apologists for waterboarding.”
Anne Perry, Crime Writer With Her Own Dark Tale, Dies at 84
She was well into her career as a prolific author of historical crime fiction when a murderous past was publicly revealed and dramatized in a 1994 movie.
Brittney Griner Is Writing a Memoir About Her Detention in Russia
The basketball star, who was detained for 10 months, said she hoped her book would raise awareness about other Americans who had been wrongfully detained abroad.
David Grann Talks About ‘The Wager,’ a Tale of Shipwreck and Mutiny
“The Wager,” David Grann’s new book, is as much a rousing adventure as an exploration of the power of narratives to shape our perception of reality.
Read Your Way Through Kerala
A strip of lush land at the tip of India where spices grow wild, Kerala has long drawn the gaze of outsiders. Here’s Abraham Verghese’s guide to its literature, which nods at these influences but is very much its own.
Newly Published, From an Ottoman Bride to Love in Bangalore
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘The Blazing World,’ by Jonathan Healey
Seventeenth-century England comes thrillingly alive in Jonathan Healey’s energetic new history, “The Blazing World.”
Book Review: ‘Life and Other Love Songs,’ by Anissa Gray
In her second novel, “Life and Other Love Songs,” Anissa Gray explores memory and inheritance through a family that suffers an inexplicable loss.
Book Review: ‘A Madman’s Will,’ by Gregory May
A contested deathbed declaration; multiple, contradictory wills; allegations of insanity: These are the issues at the heart of “A Madman’s Will,” Gregory May’s account of a Virginia statesman who held men and women in bondage during his lifetime only to emancipate them as he lay dying.
Book Review: ‘Once Upon a Prime,’ by Sarah Hart
In “Once Upon a Prime,” Sarah Hart explores the surprisingly deep relationship between mathematics and literature.
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