Ling Ma’s Surreal Subversions
The stories in “Bliss Montage” see women — insouciant, detached, mostly Chinese American — making questionable choices.
Review: “Holler of the Fireflies” by David Barclay Moore
In “Hummingbird” and “Holler of the Fireflies,” a girl with brittle bones and a boy plagued by racist tensions seek healing in the hills.
9 Books About Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth, famously reticent during her decades in the public eye, was a source of fascination for many. These books offer a deeper understanding of her life, family and world.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
An Inscrutable Monarch, Endlessly Scrutinized Onstage and Onscreen
Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed in plays and highbrow films, in made-for-TV movies and broad comedies and, of course, in “The Crown.” Many sought to answer the question: What was she like?
Why Economic Populism Remains the Winning Ticket
In “The Middle Out,” Michael Tomasky contends that Joe Biden is following a smart path in a time of growing inequality and financial distress.
Book Review: ‘Solito,’ by Javier Zamora
In his new memoir, “Solito,” the poet Javier Zamora recounts his experience traveling from El Salvador to the United States, by himself, when he was a young boy.
33 New Fiction and Poetry Books Coming This Fall 2022
Cormac McCarthy will publish two new novels; Alan Moore, the author of “Watchmen,” is releasing a story collection; and books from Celeste Ng, Andrew Sean Greer, Elizabeth Strout are on the way.
15 New Memoirs and Biographies to Read This Fall
New autobiographies from Jemele Hill, Matthew Perry and Hua Hsu are in the mix, along with books about Martha Graham, Agatha Christie and more.
How Book Bans Turned a Texas Town Upside Down
In a political environment where book-banning efforts are being used to drive voter sentiment, librarians find themselves on the front lines.
William Kent Krueger is BFF With His Most Famous Character
The best-selling author of 19 novels starring Cork O’Connor opens up about their relationship.
15 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Fall
An examination of the 1921 Tulsa massacre’s continued resonance today, Siddhartha Mukherjee’s sweeping history of the cell, a dive into the forces that shaped Donald J. Trump and more.
The Novel That Made Karen Armstrong Quit Her Reading Group
“There was an upsetting aura of righteousness in the room” when the group read Iris Murdoch’s “A Fairly Honourable Defeat,” says the religious scholar, whose latest book is “Sacred Nature.” “It did not deserve this response. I have never returned.”
Review: ‘Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne,’ by Katherine Rundell
In “Super-Infinite,” Katherine Rundell describes a man who was both munificent and misogynistic.
Poem: Photograph From September 11
Immortalizing those who jumped from the World Trade Center towers by intentionally not imagining how they must have felt.
The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’
In the novel, E.L. Doctorow makes characters out of J. Pierpont Morgan, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington and others, sometimes hewing to the historical record and sometimes going his own way.
Review: ‘Meet Us by the Roaring Sea,’ by Akil Kumarasamy; ‘The Last Karankawas,’ by Kimberly Garza; ‘Mother in the Dark,’ by Kayla Maiuri
Debut novels by Akil Kumarasamy, Kimberly Garza and Kayla Maiuri feature lonely women, looking for a mother’s love.
Book Review: “The Undercurrents,” by Kirsty Bell
In “The Undercurrents,” the end of Kirsty Bell’s marriage starts her on a highly personal investigation of her adopted home.
In Angie Cruz’s New Novel, There’s No Such Thing as T.M.I.
“How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water” takes place in a career counselor’s office in Upper Manhattan, where a Dominican immigrant bares all.
Review: “In Search of Mary Seacole” by Helen Rappaport
Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due.
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