2 Books to Read Instead of Meditating
A gentle and clever comic novel; a poetic and tender essay on addiction.
‘The Interview’: Ocean Vuong was Ready to Kill. A Moment of Grace Changed His Life.
The poet and novelist on the real reason he became a writer.
Book Review: ‘The Deserters,’ by Mathias Énard
In “The Deserters,” Mathias Énard weaves the story of a lone soldier with that of a brilliant scholar.
An Ojibwe Writer Refuses to Let Her Mother’s Trauma Be in Vain
In “Medicine River,” Mary Annette Pember recounts what happened to her mother, and many like her, who were abused in Indian boarding schools.
An Archive of Black Resistance, in Dispatches From Bookstores
Katie Mitchell’s photo book “Prose to the People” visits stores around the United States, from the 19th century to today.
Book Review: “The Trouble With Heroes,” by Kate Messner
Through an arduous summer of hiking, 13-year-old Finn Connelly finds common ground with his late firefighter father in Kate Messner’s new verse novel.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Kwame Alexander on Bringing the Free Spirit of Jazz to Young Viewers
The latest in the author’s Acoustic Rooster franchise, a PBS Kids special and series aim to teach children the beauty of collaboration and improvisation.
What the Cult Singer Daniel Johnston Left Behind
In his music, the songwriter cut to the emotional quick. A new book of his drawings, many never seen before, reveals he did the same in thousands of pieces.
Interview: Geena Davis on Her New Childrens’ Book and Her Reading Life
Among her other favorites: “Backlash” and a Charles Laughton biography. The Oscar-winning actress just wrote — and illustrated — her first children’s book.
Book Review: ‘Waste Wars,’ by Alexander Clapp
In “Waste Wars,” Alexander Clapp shows us in depressing detail just what our Big Junk industry is doing to the rest of the world.
David Horowitz, Leftist Turned Trump Defender, Is Dead at 86
Once a Marxist, he came to embrace hard-right positions, including the falsehood that Mr. Trump won in 2020, and to mentor Stephen Miller, later the Trump adviser.
Andrew Gross, Best-Selling Writer of Thrillers, Is Dead at 72
A successful New York apparel executive, he switched gears in midlife and became a novelist, writing numerous best sellers, including five with James Patterson.
New Romance Books That Will Upend Your World
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
Book Review: ‘Proof,' by Adam Kucharski
In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion.
Book Review: ‘Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves,’ by Sophie Gilbert
In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert makes a searing case that trends from the 1990s and 2000s, online and off, damaged young women in deep, dark ways.
A Novelist Finds Unsettling Echoes in a Nazi-Era Filmmaker’s Compromises
Daniel Kehlmann wrote “The Director” only to realize how loudly the moral quandaries faced by G.W. Pabst would resonate today.
24 New Books to Read in May: Stephen King, Ocean Vuong, Alison Bechdel and more
Novels by Stephen King and Ocean Vuong, Ron Chernow’s latest blockbuster biography, a new graphic novel by Alison Bechdel and more.
New Romance Novels
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
New Historical Fiction From Emma Donoghue, Chris Bohjalian and More
Our critic on the month’s best releases.
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