7 Terrifying Horror Novels Perfect for Young Adult Readers
Kiersten White, the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of “The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein,” “Hide” and more, recommends a few of her favorite horror novels.
Book Review: “Breathless,” by David Quammen
In “Breathless,” David Quammen explores the predictable lead-up to the global Covid pandemic, and the frantic, belated attempts to stop it.
Celeste Ng on Race, Class and Suburbia
Ng discusses her best-selling 2017 novel, “Little Fires Everywhere,” and Judy Blume discusses her adult novel “In the Unlikely Event,” from 2015.
Review: “Ghostlight” by Kenneth Oppel
Our guest critic, a dead ringer for the elf who went to Halloween, weighs in on a trio of ghoulish treats.
The Secret Lives of Sperm Whales
Deep in waters rarely seen by humans, these “gentle goliaths” are back from near-extinction.
Book Review: “Nights of Plague,” by Orhan Pamuk
Set on an imaginary island at the twilight of the Ottoman Empire, “Nights of Plague,” by the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, is a chronicle of an epidemic, a murder mystery and a winking literary game.
Early Cormac McCarthy Interviews Rediscovered
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has done vanishingly few interviews during the course of his career. In these early ones, some newly uncovered, he is less guarded.
‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’: Old Monsters, New Blood
AMC has a lot riding on the series, which makes major changes to the original story. Will the millions of Rice fans sink their teeth into it?
Poem: Moon for Aisha
Some friendships are so special they seem to exist before, during and after time.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “When McKinsey Comes to Town,” by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe
“When McKinsey Comes to Town,” by the Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe, argues that the legendary firm has accrued an inordinate amount of influence chasing profits at the expense of moral principle.
15 New Books Coming in October
A deeply reported history of Covid-19; Maggie Haberman’s look at Donald J. Trump; stories by George Saunders, Alan Moore and Samanta Schweblin; and more.
For Javier Zamora, Recording ‘Solito’ Was a Family Affair
In the studio, the best-selling author surrounded himself with people he loves. It shows in his audiobook.
New Romance Novels
Finding wonderful books that bring to mind old favorites is one of the genre’s greatest pleasures.
Book Review: ‘The Means,’ by Amy Fusselman; ‘Identitti,’ by Mithu Sanyal; ‘All This Could Be Different,’ by Sarah Thankam Mathews
According to three debut novels: A house in the Hamptons, a mentor she can trust, to “be a slut.”
Fredrik Backman Has Learned to Read While Distracted
“I have kids and a dog,” says the Swedish novelist, whose new book is “The Winners,” “so my dreams of a reading experience are limited to just being left alone for 10 minutes just about anywhere.”
Pete Souza’s Obama Book Cuts Obama Out of the Picture
‘Confidence Man,’ Maggie Haberman’s Book on Trump: Review
“Confidence Man,” Maggie Haberman’s biography of the former president, argues that it’s essential to grasp New York’s steamy, histrionic folkways.
Newly Published, From Stanley Crouch to the Indigenous Americas
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Book Review: ‘The Whalebone Theatre,’ by Joanna Quinn
Joanna Quinn’s “The Whalebone Theatre” breathlessly follows a trio of British youngsters from frolics on the beach to service and spycraft.
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