Book Review: ‘Never Saw Me Coming,’ by Tanya Smith
In “Never Saw Me Coming,” Tanya Smith tells of her life as a young financial criminal — and the harsh prison sentence that changed everything.
Love Them or Hate Them, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Dominate Russian Literature
For Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, translating together extended naturally from their relationship as husband and wife. Now, it is their life’s work.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘If Only,’ by Vigdis Hjorth
The Norwegian author Vigdis Hjorth’s latest novel to be translated into English, “If Only,” follows a decade-long affair between two married writers.
Book Review: ‘Madwoman,’ by Chelsea Bieker
In Chelsea Bieker’s new novel, “Madwoman,” a woman is no longer able to keep the demons of her childhood out of her present.
19 New Books to Read in September: Sally Rooney, Richard Powers and More
New novels by Sally Rooney and Richard Powers, a memoir by the first Black woman on the Supreme Court — and more.
11 Books for Kids Starting Middle School
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4 New Crime Novels Thrumming With Menace
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Book Review: ‘At War With Ourselves,’ by H.R. McMaster
A new memoir by the onetime national security adviser shows how the former president’s insecurities and weaknesses harmed U.S. foreign policy.
Isabel Wilkerson Looks Back at ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’
The fifth in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Book Review: ‘Colored Television,’ by Danzy Senna
In “Colored Television,” by Danzy Senna, a struggling writer in a mixed-race family is seduced by the taste of luxury that comes with house-sitting.
Book Review: ‘Where Tyranny Begins,’ by David Rohde
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Book Review: ‘Christopher Isherwood Inside Out,’ by Katherine Bucknell
Though it downplays unflattering details, Katherine Bucknell’s big biography hails the 20th-century writer as an early advocate for the “chosen family.”
Hettie Jones, Poet and Author Who Nurtured the Beats, Dies at 90
She and her husband, LeRoi Jones, published works by their literary friends. After he left her and became Amiri Baraka, she found her own voice.
Tom Brown Jr., World-Renowned Survivalist, Is Dead at 74
For decades, he ran a school in the New Jersey wilderness that taught thousands of students how to survive and even thrive in the great outdoors.
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Book Review: ‘To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause,’ by Benjamin Nathans
In “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause,” Benjamin Nathans takes stock of the generation of dissidents who helped loosen the bonds of tyranny in the Soviet Union.
New Romance Books to Read
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Helen Fisher, Who Researched the Brain’s Love Circuitry, Dies at 79
A biological anthropologist, she worked with colleagues to confirm for the first time that love is hard-wired in the brain.
Key Terms from the D.N.C. That Capture the Kamala Harris Era
As Democrats coalesce around their candidate, here are some of the words that define the party now.
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