Just a Few Billion Years Left to Go
In “Until the End of Time,” the best-selling physicist Brian Greene explains how the universe will dissolve and what it all meant.
In 'The Only Child,' The Thrills Might Be Lost In Translation
Mi-Ae Seo's novel has a great premise: The Bad Seed meets The Silence of the Lambs. But this tale of a psychologist and her creepy stepdaughter is hampered by its structure and stilted, strange prose.
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'The Boatman's Daughter' Dips Her Toes In Horror, Crime And Poetry
Andy Davidson's novel follows a young girl who scrapes a living working for local criminals along an Arkansas river — but its crime story bumps up against horror in a strange yet seamless fashion.
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‘What the Hell Are We Doing Lending Money to a Guy Like This?’
In “Dark Towers,” David Enrich examines how unchecked ambition dethroned Deutsche Bank from its place at the forefront of German finance.
A History of Seduction
Clement Knox talks about “Seduction,” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Amina Cain’s “Indelicacy.”
How a Fake Priest Duped Oxford and a World-Famous Historian
In “The Professor and the Parson,” Adam Sisman recounts the life of Robert Parkin Peters: bigamist, phony academic, “Romeo of the Church.”
Where America’s Fight for Housing Is an All-Out War
Conor Dougherty’s “Golden Gates” examines the nation’s homeless problem through the battles over new development in San Francisco.
An Undocumented Immigrant Has Information About a Murder. What to Do?
Aravind Adiga’s novel “Amnesty” explores the ethical dilemmas of life in the shadows.
50 States, 50 Love Stories
From sea to shining sea, here’s a tour of unforgettable fiction that explores matters of the heart.
New in Paperback: ‘Survival Math’ and ‘Black Leopard Red Wolf’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
An Adulterer, a Gang Member, a Dystopian Teacher: 3 Novels of American Womanhood
Clare Beams’s “The Illness Lesson,” Lee Matalone’s “Home Making” and Melissa Anne Peterson’s “Vera Violet” all star female protagonists at odds with their social surroundings.
What if You Could Live in All Your Parallel Universes at Once?
In her debut novel, “The Schrödinger Girl,” Laurel Brett uses a collegiate affair to make a quantum theoretical question literal.
In These Elegant Comics, Love and Darkness Collide
Brace yourself for stories that are twisted in the best sense of the word.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Keeping The Dark At Bay: A 2020 Poetry Preview
Poet and critic Craig Morgan Teicher presents his annual roundup of the poetry he's looking forward to. This year, he's showcasing a group of poets who he says are holding the darkness at bay.
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Matches Made Between the Covers
Matches Made Between the Covers
What’s It Like for an Author to See Her Story Turned Into TV?
Celeste Ng talks about the journey of “Little Fires Everywhere” from her head to Hulu.
How Libraries Saved Cheryl Strayed
As a girl, the author of “Wild” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” spent hours studying Scholastic book club catalogs. But “my family was too poor to pay for the books,” she says.
'Djinn Patrol' Captures The Lost Light Of India's Vanished Children
Deepa Anappara's debut novel defies characterization. Set in a sprawling Indian slum, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line centers on a trio of kids who venture out to look for a missing classmate.
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