Book Review: ‘Husbands & Lovers,’ by Beatriz Williams
With “Husbands & Lovers,” Beatriz Williams delivers a multigenerational yarn and a memorable ending.
Jane F. McAlevey, Who Empowered Workers Across the Globe, Dies at 59
An organizer and author, she believed that a union was only as strong as its members and trained thousands “to take over their unions and change them.”
Weeks After Alice Munro’s Death, Daughter Tells of Dark Family Secret
Andrea Skinner said in the Toronto Star that her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, and that her mother stayed with him after she learned of it.
Book Review: ‘Long Island Compromise,’ by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
“Long Island Compromise,” the new novel by the author of “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” fictionalizes a true story.
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
Bookstores once shunted romance novels to a shelf in the back. But with romance writers dominating the best-seller lists, a network of dedicated bookstores has sprung up around the country.
Stanley Moss, Poet Who Evoked a Troubled World, Dies at 99
His moving and often painful free-verse observations on friends’ deaths, the Holocaust and other topics won him many devoted fans.
The Authors Call It Fiction, but in These 2 Novels the Facts Don’t Lie
A philandering father; a literary affair.
Book Review: ‘Russian Gothic,’ by Aleksandr Skorobogatov
The 1991 novel turns a private disturbance into bracing social commentary.
Book Review: ‘State of Paradise,’ by Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg’s new book, “State of Paradise,” sends readers down surreal portals to ask: How do we distinguish reality from its opposite — whatever that might be?
Sign Up to Learn the Best Books of the 21st Century
Starting on July 8, we’ll unveil a list of 100. Make sure you’re among the first to find out.
Mac Barnett Reviews 2 New Picture Books About the Playground
It can be thrillingly dangerous and profoundly comforting at the same time.
Book Review: ‘Private Revolutions’ by Yuan Yang
In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower.
5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Summer’s Best New Beach Reads
Want to indulge in juicy, page-turning escapism? We’ve got some recommendations.
Joy Williams Interview: By the Book
But “I’m averse to entertaining the thought that what I’m working on is a first draft,” she says, “which implies the necessity of a second, even a third.” Her new book is “Concerning the Future of Souls: 99 Stories of Azrael.”
Paul Theroux, Author of Almost 60 Books, Has Advice for Aspiring Writers
After 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls out of his chair.
Book Review: ‘Write Like a Man,’ by Ronnie Grinberg
For the midcentury New York intellectuals, Ronnie Grinberg writes in a new book, a particular kind of machismo was de rigueur — even for women.
The Most Intriguing Animated Films You’ll Never See
A digital book, “Drawing for Nothing,” highlights some of the best art from canceled animation projects like “Me and My Shadow.”
A British Literary Festival Fit for a Queen
The second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace celebrated what Queen Camilla has called the “great adventure” of the written word.
Audiobook Review: Music Memoirs
Recent books by Ghostface Killah, Kathleen Hanna, Michael McDonald and Darius Rucker hit notes both high and low.
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