Book Review: ‘The Divorcées,’ by Rowan Beaird
“The Divorcées” whisks readers to a ranch in Reno, where unhappy wives once stayed to establish Nevada residency so they could file for divorce.
Book Review: ‘The Possessed,’ by Witold Gombrowicz
Even when the Polish novelist Witold Gombrowicz worked within mass-market forms, he veered toward playful disorder.
Book Review: ‘The Morningside,’ by Téa Obreht
“The Morningside” reckons with climate change and its fallout while finding hope in the stories we preserve.
Entering the ‘Matrix of Language’ With a Crossword Puzzle Fiend
Anna Shechtman’s new memoir-history hybrid, “The Riddles of the Sphinx,” explores the gender politics behind one of the world’s most popular word games.
Book Review: ‘True Believer,’ by James Traub; ‘Illiberal America,’ by Steven Hahn
Two new books explore the liberal struggle against the illiberal currents that have plagued American progress.
Book Review: ‘The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,’ by Robin Reames
In “The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,” Robin Reames contends that Greek and Roman rhetorical techniques can help us speak — and listen — to one another today.
Book Review: ‘With Darkness Came Stars,’ by Audrey Flack
In “With Darkness Came Stars,” the photorealist Audrey Flack offers a vivid, gossipy chronicle of her career among some of New York City’s most famous artists.
2 Novels to Make You Sweat and Shiver
A love affair between jurors; reclaiming a classic.
Book Review: ‘Jaded,’ by Ela Lee
In “Jaded,” a young lawyer searches for justice after she’s sexually assaulted by a colleague.
Book Review: ‘The New York Game,’ by Kevin Baker
In his book “The New York Game,” Kevin Baker tells the origin story of the sport we know today.
Book Review: ‘Bad Animals,’ by Sarah Braunstein
In “Bad Animals,” Sarah Braunstein asks who has the right to tell a story — and whether it’s possible to get pulled into one against your will.
Book Review: ‘On Gaslighting,’ by Kate Abramson
“On Gaslighting,” by the philosophy professor Kate Abramson, explores the psychological phenomenon behind the hashtags.
Book Review: ‘One Way Back,’ by Christine Blasey Ford
Her lucid memoir, “One Way Back,” describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school.
Talking ‘Dune’: Book and Movies
The Times’s critic Alissa Wilkinson discusses Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel and Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptations.
Authors Withdraw From PEN World Voices Festival Over Its Response to Gaza War
More than a dozen authors, including Lorrie Moore, Naomi Klein, Michelle Alexander, Hisham Matar and Isabella Hammad, have signed a protest letter that announced their withdrawal.
Welcome to the London Book Fair, Where Everyone Knows Their Place
If you want to understand the power map of the publishing industry, just look at this event’s floor plan.
‘The Boxcar Children,’ by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Turns 100
Gertrude Chandler Warner’s “The Boxcar Children,” celebrating its 100th year, depicts the delights of concocting scrumptious meals.
Book Review: ‘Annie Bot,’ by Sierra Greer
Sierra Greer’s debut novel, “Annie Bot,” explores questions of misogyny and toxic masculinity by following a pleasure robot that begins to develop her own consciousness.
‘Rear Window’ Redux, With a Blind Girl Twist
In Armando Lucas Correa’s thriller “The Silence in Her Eyes,” vision impairment only enhances a young woman’s sense of neighborly discord — and danger is in the air.
Dan Wakefield, Multifaceted Writer on a Spiritual Journey, Dies at 91
He was prolific and acclaimed, producing novels, journalism, essays, criticism, screenplays and, in a memoir, an account of his path from faith to atheism and back again.
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