Irwin Glusker, 98, Dies; Gave American Heritage Its Distinctive Look
A veteran art director, he was best known for his work at the lavish magazine of U.S. history that became a fixture in dens across the country.
New Crime Fiction
In Alaina Urquhart’s serial-killer thriller “The Butcher and the Wren,” a Louisiana forensic pathologist matches wits with a murderer.
Hilary Mantel Books, Reviews and Interviews: A Reading Guide
Mantel’s body of work spanned memoir, short stories, essays — and, of course, historical fiction. Here’s a guide to her writing.
Harvey Awards to Induct New Hall of Fame Members
Neil Gaiman, Marjorie Henderson Buell, Gilbert Shelton and Roy Thomas will be honored for their comic book work at New York Comic Con on Oct. 7.
Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70
The two-time Booker Prize-winning author was known for “Wolf Hall” and two other novels based on the life of Thomas Cromwell.
7 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
Nick Cave, religious cults and a dead mother-in-law who may or may not have come back to life: immersive narratives to download this month.
7 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
Nick Cave, religious cults and a dead mother-in-law who may or may not have come back to life: immersive narratives to download this month.
Review: “The Wind Rises” (Alma, Book 1) by Timothée de Fombelle
A West African girl thrust from her family’s private Eden confronts awful truths on the high seas in Timothée de Fombelle’s “The Wind Rises.”
Review: “The Door of No Return” by Kwame Alexander
In his new novel-in-verse, “The Door of No Return,” the Newbery Medal-winning author works hard to show that white people weren’t the only ones perpetuating an unjust system.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Deanna Raybourn Puts Power in the Hands of Older Women
In “Killers of a Certain Age,” the longtime historical novelist dips a toe in contemporary waters — and celebrates an oft-ignored age group.
Andrew Sean Greer By the Book Interview
“I couldn’t read more than a page of ‘Last of the Mohicans,’” says the novelist, whose new book is “Less Is Lost.” “Not only is it wildly offensive, it’s unintelligible gibberish. There. I said it. Come after me.”
Book Review: ‘Our Missing Hearts,’ by Celeste Ng
“Our Missing Hearts” explores a fictional world where Chinese Americans are spurned and books are recycled into toilet paper.
Saul Kripke, Philosopher Who Found Truths in Semantics, Dies at 81
A leading 20th-century thinker, he published a landmark work at 32. Known for lecturing extemporaneously without notes, he dazzled colleagues with the breadth of his ruminations.
John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94
His career, ranging from literature to finance to war, and from France to Afghanistan, seemed to cover every interest and issue of his exalted social class.
Springfield, Missouri, Is Their Muse
Working in their home city, the photographer Julie Blackmon and her daughter, Stella, a filmmaker, find some mystery in everyday life.
Springfield, Missouri, Is Their Muse
Working in their home city, the photographer Julie Blackmon and her daughter, Stella, a filmmaker, find some mystery in everyday life.
Book Review: ‘The Story of Russia’ by Orlando Figes
In a new book, the historian Orlando Figes argues that the war on Ukraine is only the latest instance of a nation twisting the past to justify its future.
Book Review: ‘Self-Portrait With Ghost,’ by Meng Jin; ‘Tomorrow in Shanghai,’ by May-lee Chai; ‘A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On,’ by Dung Kai-cheung
Stories set in China, the U.S. and Hong Kong are deadpan, dysfunctional, sentimental — and weird.
What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago
The trove of items deposited in Key West, now part of a new archive at Penn State, includes four unpublished short stories, drafts of manuscripts and boxes of personal effects.
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