Book Review: ‘V13,’ by Emmanuel Carrère
For his latest book, the French writer Emmanuel Carrère sat in a Parisian courthouse, absorbing grueling testimony about the 2015 massacre at the concert hall and other venues in the city.
What Were Your Favorite Movies, TV, Music and Books in 2024?
We want to know what stuck with you this year. What were the best things you watched, read and heard?
The Perfect Novel for the Baku Climate Summit: Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all.
One Book That Made Gabriel García Márquez a Writer
Book Review: ‘Time of the Child,’ by Niall Williams, and ‘Brightly Shining,’ by Ingvild Rishoi
Two families navigate a pivotal holiday season that transforms their lives.
Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher
The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.
Sandra M. Gilbert, Co-Author of ‘The Madwoman in the Attic,’ Dies at 87
A poet, scholar and literary critic, she turned a feminist lens on 19th-century writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, creating a feminist classic.
Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.
Book Review: ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls,’ by Haruki Murakami
“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before.
Cher Can, and Does, Turn Back Time
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.
Book Review: ‘Children of the Ghetto: Star of the Sea,’ by Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury’s “Children of the Ghetto” series continues with a young man switching identities in a society seeking to erase him.
2 Novels That Could Almost Be Diaries
Barry Gifford’s bohemian scrapbook; Elizabeth McCracken’s eulogy for a mother.
The Prado, Renowned for Its Art, Tries a New Role: Muse to Authors
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from its paintings.
Patrick Radden Keefe on Taking ‘Say Nothing’ From Acclaimed Book to TV Show
Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.
Book Review: ‘Lazarus Man,’ by Richard Price
“Lazarus Man” follows several characters in Harlem in the wake of a building collapse.
Book Review: ‘Taiwan Travelogue,’ by Yang Shuang-zi
Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.
The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.
Two Children’s Picture Books About the Many Meanings of the Word ‘Go’
In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the beginning of a whole new world.
Unusual Holiday Traditions
Cookies and caroling? They’ll always be classic. Some celebrants, though, have more unusual ways of honoring the spirit of the season.
Tove Jansson’s 1966 Illustrations for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.
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