In a Political Year, Some Deaths Spoke to the Struggles for Democracy
Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.
Ruth Butler, Who Brought Artists’ Muses to Life, Dies at 93
After publishing a definitive biography of Rodin, she went on to write about the underappreciated women who modeled for the giants of 19th-century French art.
The Hottest Trend in Publishing: Books You Can Judge by Their Cover
Elaborately designed books with patterned edges and other effects started as a trend in romance and fantasy, and have now spread throughout the publishing industry.
Book Review: ‘Tumblebaby,’ by Adam Rex, and ‘Meeselphe,’ by Claude Ponti
Our reviewer read these stories on a train, as the world rolled by out the window.
Robert Coover’s Outrageous 1977 Novel About U.S. Politics, Is Even More Relevant Now
Robert Coover’s “The Public Burning” was met with bafflement and awe when it appeared in 1977. Reality has finally caught up to his masterpiece.
5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Interview: Elda Rotor on Penguin Classics and Her Reading Life
“I get real geek joy out of learning something new,” says the imprint’s vice president and publisher. She’s proud to have broadened the definition of a classic during her tenure.
20 New Books to Read in January: Han Kang, Grady Hendrix, Imani Perry and More
Novels by Adam Ross, Han Kang and Nnedi Okorafor; nonfiction by Imani Perry and the “Hipster Grifter”; and more.
Jacques Roubaud, Poetic Master of Form and Whimsy, Dies at 92
He was trained as a mathematician, but he gained fame in France, and won major prizes, for his modern verse.
William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97
He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as where someone lives.
In ‘Finding Flaco,’ Manhattan’s Beloved Celebrity Owl Is Memorialized
In a new book, two photographers memorialize the bird that charmed New York City and the world.
Mel Robbins and ‘The Let Them Theory’
The self-help phenom’s new book is all about letting others do as they may. Can she follow her own advice?
The Times’s Special History With ‘The Night Before Christmas’
The popular poem, actually titled “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” first appeared in The Times’s pages in 1896.
Albertine, New York's Most Charming French Bookstore
Albertine, in a Fifth Avenue mansion, is a portal to both Gilded Age New York and the Francophone world.
Book Review: ‘Goethe: His Faustian Life,’ by A.N. Wilson
A new biography of Goethe approaches its subject through his masterpiece and life’s work, the verse drama “Faust.”
Remembering When ‘the World Really Made Sense’ on the Comics Pages
Wildly popular strips like “Bloom County,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “Cathy,” “The Far Side” “and “Doonesbury” peaked in the 1980s, but they left their mark.
Book Review: Letters to Gisèle, by Paul Celan
Newly translated letters reveal the inner life of Paul Celan, offering clues to his enigmatic poems.
Lee Edwards, Historian of the Conservative Movement, Dies at 92
In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, “a keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel.”
Heroes in Their Twilight Years, and Still in the Spotlight
Audiobooks to Cook (or Eat) To, From Ina Garten to David Chang
These culinary coming-of-age tales are movable feasts for the gluttonous listener.
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