The novel, “Sparrow and Vine” by Sophie Lark, was due out in April from Bloom Books. Readers with advance copies criticized passages that they found racist — or that praised Elon Musk.
A notable poet in his own right, he was best known for rendering into English the words of a poet who reacted to the Holocaust by inventing a new version of German.
Didion’s influential account of the era, “The White Album,” captures the ripples of terror provoked by the 1969 murders.
Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more.
The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”
A cache of family documents led a journalist to discover the source of the wealth that allowed his family to remake life in Australia after surviving World War II in Europe.
A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better.
In a new essay collection, A. Kendra Greene translates her experiences of our bizarre and marvelous world.
Jinwoo Chong’s new novel, “I Leave It Up to You,” is a story of food, family and new beginnings after a tragedy.
Before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee had written short stories in which she explored some of its themes and characters.
In Agustina Bazterrica’s new novel, “The Unworthy,” a dystopian future ravaged by climate change has stripped the world of food, water and human connection.
As the Trump administration pushes for renewed business ties with Russia, a new book looks back at the companies that helped prop up illiberalism in the country.
A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars.
In Laila Lalami’s new novel, a woman finds herself trapped in a nightmarish system of surveillance and detention.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, she went on to write about “hookup culture” and young women’s sexual experiences for The Washington Post and in a best-selling book.
He won a National Book Award for “Spartina,” beating out novels by Amy Tan and E.L. Doctorow. A longtime professor, he lived for a time without electricity on an island.
“How to End a Story” collects three volumes of the Australian novelist’s self-conscious, sometimes harrowing journals.
Two new memoirs show the commonalities — and differences — in the end of every marriage.
A lavish photo book collects images old and new of elaborate estates, manors, chateaus and Schlosses in the European countryside.
In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center of the world.
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