Review: ‘Bonsai,’ by Alejandro Zambra
In “Bonsai,” Alejandro Zambra tells the story of two young lovers whose lives, relationship and heartbreak intertwine with art and literature.
“The Baby-Changing Station” by Rhett Miller and Dan Santat
Older siblings react to the arrival of new babies — in a picture book, a chapter book, an early reader and a middle grade novel.
‘The Sandman’ Is Coming to TV. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.
For decades, fans have hoped for an adaptation of the Neil Gaiman story, a seminal work in the world of comics and beyond. A series version arrives Friday on Netflix.
A Conversation on ‘Desperate Characters’
The writer Sigrid Nunez speaks about Paula Fox’s 1970 novel.
6 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
This list includes a lot of murders, real or imagined.
Sarah J. Maas’s Life Sounds Like Pure Chaos — in a Good Way!
Here’s what it looks like for a fantasy author to exist in three different spheres at once.
Review: ‘Acne,’ by Laura Chinn; ‘Walking Gentry Home,’ by Alora Young; ‘Fruit Punch,’ by Kendra Allen
Three women pay homage to their painful pasts with grace, lyricism and a sense of humor.
Lynne Tillman By the Book Interview
“As a kid-reader, I thought a library was the great thing to build in life,” says the novelist, whose new book is the nonfiction “Mothercare.” “Now, unless you have a huge house with enormous rooms, this desire leads to mayhem and depression.”
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Poem: Final Poem for My Father Misnamed In My Mouth
The speaker grapples with the grief of losing a father who was missing while alive, but in death feels omnipresent.
Newly Published, From Burkinis to Vengeful Gods
A selection of books published this week.
Read Your Way Through Cairo
Yasmine El Rashidi, a journalist and novelist, guides readers through Cairo, a city whose presence is so powerful it is “the subject, the object and the main character” of many of its writers.
Jennette McCurdy Is Ready to Move Forward, and to Look Back
In her memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” McCurdy, best known for her role in“iCarly,” reflects on her time as a child actor and on her troubled relationship with her mother.
Review: ‘The Last White Man,’ by Mohsin Hamid
In Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, “The Last White Man,” the white protagonist awakes to find he has turned brown.
‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love
In her new book, the novelist and critic Lynne Tillman writes unsentimentally about the years she spent attending to her mother’s failing health.
Eli N. Evans, Who Wrote About Jews in the American South, Dies at 85
His book “The Provincials” mixed memoir, travelogue and history to tell the story of a culture that many people never knew existed.
Review: In ‘The Butcher Boy,’ an Anti-Coming of Age Story
The new musical, based on the novel by Patrick McCabe, follows a boy in 1960s Ireland as he recounts a tale of boyhood mischief and alienation.
Review: ‘Knocking Myself Up,’ by Michelle Tea
The essayist Michelle Tea writes about queer parenting with frankness, humanity and verve.
Review: ‘Inventor of the Future,’ by Alec Nevala-Lee
The biography “Inventor of the Future,” by Alec Nevala-Lee, explores the dreams and failures of an American optimist.
Review: ‘The Lost Kings,’ by Tyrell Johnson
In Tyrell Johnson’s new thriller, “The Lost Kings,” a woman investigates both a crime and its aftereffects on her own body and psyche.
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