Nonfiction: A Quarter of a Century Behind Bars, for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
Alex Kotlowitz reviews Benjamin Rachlin’s “Ghost of the Innocent Man,” which tells the story of Willie J. Grimes, wrongfully convicted of sexual assault.
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: George Stade on horror fiction.
The Shortlist: Missing Persons and Messed-Up Shrinks: 4 New Suspense Novels
Women take center stage in tense new novels featuring a missing child, a missing mother, a messed-up shrink and a murder victim who may not be dead.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant, and Bill Clinton’s review.
Critic’s Take: Jonathan Lethem on the Cool Disturbances of Anna Kavan’s ‘Ice’
Fifty years after Kavan’s novel was first published, Lethem revisits her lucid yet anguished work, and her troubled life.
Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'Ghosts Of The Tsunami' Examines The Disaster That Haunts Japan
Richard Lloyd Parry looks at the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami in this brutally honest new book, which refuses to mitigate the full horror of the events with feel-good recovery stories.
(Image credit: MCD)
'Ghosts Of The Tsunami' Examines The Disaster That Haunts Japan
Richard Lloyd Parry looks at the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami in this brutally honest new book, which refuses to mitigate the full horror of the events with feel-good recovery stories.
(Image credit: MCD)
Profile: Tattoos, Bieber, Black Lives Matter and Jesus
Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong NYC, sidles up to the idea of Christian self-help with his book, “Own the Moment,” then aims for something different.
Nonfiction: Stranger Than Fiction: The Best True-Crime Stories
From Hollywood’s Black Dahlia case to killing sprees in 1950s London and 19th-century Paris, new books probe the grisly worst of human nature.
Nonfiction: In ‘After the Eclipse,’ a Daughter Mourns Her Murdered Mother
In parallel tracks of elegy and mystery, Sarah Perry recalls the life and death of her young mother, who was murdered when the author was 12.
By the Book: Ron Chernow: By the Book
The author of “Hamilton,” “Titan” and most recently “Grant,” is a slow reader: “It’s a shameful thing to admit for someone who writes such long books.”
Book News: A Batch of Letters by Harper Lee Come Up for Auction
The letters offer a glimpse into the final decade of the life of an intensely private author.
'Her Body and Other Parties' Charts Dark Territory With Enormous Style
The eight stories in Carmen Maria Machado's new collection feature women in extremis — physical danger, psychological meltdown, treacherous love or close encounters of a ghostly kind.
'Her Body and Other Parties' Charts Dark Territory With Enormous Style
The eight stories in Carmen Maria Machado's new collection feature women in extremis — physical danger, psychological meltdown, treacherous love or close encounters of a ghostly kind.
'Adèle Bedeau' Is A Delightfully Macabre Mix Of Text And Subtext
Graeme Macrae Burnet's stylish, atmospheric mystery can be read just as a dark little detective story — but it's worth paying attention to the novel's playful found-manuscript framing device.
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'Adèle Bedeau' Is A Delightfully Macabre Mix Of Text And Subtext
Graeme Macrae Burnet's stylish, atmospheric mystery can be read just as a dark little detective story — but it's worth paying attention to the novel's playful found-manuscript framing device.
(Image credit: Arcade Publishing)
Fiction: King Lear Is Reborn as a 21st-Century Media Mogul
In Edward St. Aubyn’s novel “Dunbar,” Shakespeare’s tragedy is recast as a struggle for control over an irascible father’s corporate empire.
Fiction: Our Villains, Ourselves: A Thriller Roundup
Six spooky fall thrillers, whose plots range from a campus crime to an international spy hunt to a young girl’s mystical self-murdering, all unsettle the neat distinctions between “hero,” “villain,” and even the reader.
Fiction: A Novelist Asks, What if Women’s Bodies Became Deadly Weapons?
In “The Power,” by Naomi Alderman, women gain the ability to harness a dangerous electricity and the world starts to change in their favor.
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