Fiction: A Novel That Asks, What if Abortion Were Again Illegal?
“Red Clocks,” by Leni Zumas, imagines a dystopian near-future in which women are once again stripped of reproductive freedoms.
Ten Years After The Rising, 'Iron Gold' Asks: What Now?
Pierce Brown's rip-roaring Romans-in-space series Red Rising seemed to come to a triumphant end with last year's Morning Star. But what was the cost of that triumph, and where will it lead?
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Denis Johnson Leaves Us With His Best In 'Largesse Of The Sea Maiden'
Denis Johnson finished his first story collection in 25 years just before he died. The pieces in it are stunning, dark, sometimes as bleak as anything he's ever written — but miraculous to read.
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Profile: Your Book Editor Just Snagged Your Spot on the Best-Seller List
Daniel Mallory submitted “The Woman in the Window,” a psychological thriller, under a pseudonym. His own publishing house bought it.
The Book Review Podcast: ‘Off the Charts’
Ann Hulbert discusses her new book about child prodigies, and Sam Graham-Felsen talks about his debut novel, “Green.”
Inside the List: A Young Novelist Grapples With Matters of Life and Death
Forget the sophomore slump — Chloe Benjamin’s second novel, “The Immortalists,” has rocketed to No. 7 in its first week on sale.
Sketchbook: A Writer’s State of Mind
A graphic reminder of the greatest secret to success as an author.
Fiction: A Novel That Echoes Naipaul, Exploring the Limits of Freedom
Neel Mukherjee’s “State of Freedom” offers five interconnected stories set in India and exploring the lives of the unmoored.
The Shortlist: From Naples to Tokyo, New Books in Translation
Four new novels cover the globe with stories that range from the quirky to the devastating.
Fiction: From Isabel Allende, a Novel of Three Immigrants and a Brooklyn Misadventure
Two professors aid an undocumented worker following an accident that launches a trio of narratives about life lived across America’s borders in “In the Midst of Winter.”
Fiction: Madeleine Thien’s New Novel of Communist Occupation Turns Inward
“Dogs at the Perimeter” follows a woman born under the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as she navigates the mental perils of life as a survivor.
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: Beware of Family Members Bearing Gifts
In “Winter,” the second in her cycle of seasonal novels, Ali Smith engineers a contentious Christmas reunion between two long-estranged sisters.
Nonfiction: Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’
The French writer Annie Ernaux uses “The Years” to anchor her particular 20th-century memories within the daunting flux of 21st-century society.
Crime: Keep Watch Over Your Children: Danger Lurks Everywhere
In Marilyn Stasio’s latest Crime column, we meet a murderous nanny, an abducted teenager, a little boy stranded in the high desert and a mad bomber.
Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: William Peden’s 1959 review of Philip Roth’s first book.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Newsbook: On the Presidency’s Fraught Relationship With the Press
These books explores how administrations like Richard Nixon’s and Theodore Roosevelt’s worked with or fought against the news media.
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