‘The Interview’: Rick Steves Refuses to Get Cynical About the World
The guidebook writer and television personality reflects on his cancer diagnosis, social media’s corrosive effect on tourism and the transformative power of travel.
Book Review: ‘Woo Woo,’ by Ella Baxter
In Ella Baxter’s novel “Woo Woo,” a feminist performance artist starts to question herself on the eve of a provocative solo exhibition.
New Crime and Mystery Novels
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
Guggenheim Offers the Poetry of Motion: Sign Language Verses
The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display.
Jerome Kohn, Keeper of Hannah Arendt’s Flame, Dies at 93
He devoted his career to guarding the legacy of the philosopher known for her writings on totalitarianism and “the banality of evil.”
Our Book Critics on What Stuck With Them in 2024
Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs discuss highlights from their year in books.
What to Know About ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’
You don’t have to know an orc from a Mumakil to enjoy the new animated adventure, though it’ll certainly help.
Best Thriller Books Set in a Remote Location
Ruth Ware, the author of “The Woman in Cabin 10,” recommends locked-room mysteries and psychological horrors by Agatha Christie, Stephen King, Andy Weir and more.
Book Review: ‘A Day With Mousse,’ by Claire Lebourg; ‘Little Shrew,’ by Akiko Miyakoshi; and ‘Lone Wolf Goes to School,’ by Kiah Thomas
The protagonists of “A Day With Mousse,” “Little Shrew” and “Lone Wolf Goes to School” feel happiest on their own.
New Books About Elon Musk’s X and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Big Tech
Three new books explore the fraught relationships between tech companies and the U.S. government through close looks at Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Elon Musk’s X.
The Best Book Covers of 2024
A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that made a compelling impression.
6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading
Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.”
Book Review: ‘The Icon and the Idealist,’ by Stephanie Gorton
In “The Icon and the Idealist,” Stephanie Gorton tells the story of two women who fought a patriarchal system — and each other.
Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading
Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.”
Interview: S.E. Hinton on ‘The Outsiders’ and Her Reading Life
“You can’t read a page without laughing,” says the author of “The Outsiders,” who’s watched the stage musical of the novel become a Tony Award-winning hit this year.
15 New Holiday and Christmas Romance Books to Celebrate the Season
New festive stories center the many ways people celebrate the season, and each other.
Read Your Way Around Chicago
Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.
Engrossing New Historical Fiction
Curl up with these transporting reads.
French Court Finds Author Charles Onana Guilty of Denying Rwandan Genocide
Charles Onana and his publisher were fined for passages in a book that were found to have violated a French law making it illegal to deny an officially recognized genocide.
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