Stuart Woods, Prolific Best-Selling Thriller Author, Dies at 84
His mysteries featured extravagant characters like Stone Barrington, a libidinous New York lawyer who, like Mr. Woods, hung out at Elaine’s.
‘The Only Woman’ in the Room
From journalists to politicians, activists to artists: Centuries’ worth of photos depict women holding their own in a man’s world.
Charlotte Pomerantz, Inventive Children’s Book Author, Dies at 92
Her imaginative use of words and lively rhymes entertained young readers, sometimes with a subtle message included, drawn from her own life.
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Closes on Broadway as Creators Spar With Rudin
The hit play, closed since January, was expected to reopen on Broadway this fall.
Chaos Among Spies After the Berlin Wall Crumbles
Dan Fesperman talks about his new thriller, “Winter Work,” and Isaac Fitzgerald discusses his memoir, “Dirtbag, Massachusetts.”
“Swim Team: Small Waves, Big Changes” by Johnnie Christmas
Two picture books and a graphic novel treat swimming as an expansive state of being, slippery with promise.
Review: ‘A Hard Place to Leave,’ by Marcia DeSanctis; ‘All Down Darkness Wide,’ by Seán Hewitt; ‘Into the Inferno,’ by Stuart Palley; ‘Crying in the Bathroom,’ by Erika L. Sánchez
From a wildfire photographer to a teenage misanthrope, these authors reflect on pain, courage and belonging.
13 New Books Coming in August
An investigation into the overdose epidemic by Beth Macy; new fiction from Abdulrazak Gurnah, Banana Yoshimoto, Mohsin Hamid and Anthony Marra — and plenty more.
Mohsin Hamid By the Book Interview
“About five years ago, alongside my more contemporary reading, I decided to read from back to front, historically speaking,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Last White Man.” “I began with the Sumerian ‘Instructions of Shuruppak,’ first written in cuneiform on clay tablets around 4,600 years ago.”
This Novelist Spun an Existential Question Into a Best Seller
In “The Measure,” Nikki Erlick shows what happens when adults across the globe are presented with the opportunity to learn when they will die.
New Crime Novels
The rot runs deep in George Dawes Green’s long-awaited fourth novel.
Poem: Summer Terror
This poem subverts expectations right away and contains a peculiarity around every corner.
The Life and Death of Daniel Auster, a Son of Literary Brooklyn
Memorably depicted in his father’s books, he struggled with drug addiction through a life that put him close to a notorious murder and came to an end in a family tragedy.
An Empathetic Account of the Complexity After Apartheid
In “The Inheritors,” Eve Fairbanks writes about South Africa’s racial reckoning through intimate portraits of those involved.
New Romance Novels
Our romance columnist found much to like in the latest crop of summer novels.
Newly Published, From Teen Witches to Critical Race Theory
A selection of books published this week.
Love or Hate Emmanuel Carrère’s Forceful Tangents, They’re Back in ‘Yoga’
In Carrère’s latest, a best seller (and cause of scandal) in France, the author’s life gets very bad and then slightly better.
Review: “Mercury Pictures Presents,” by Anthony Marra
In Anthony Marra’s new novel, “Mercury Pictures Presents,” a studio makes it big once America decides to enter the war.
New Self-Help Books
Need permission to be a grump — or just a normal human being who isn’t smiling all the time? Read these books.
The Big, Bold Life of the Woman Who Brought Us the ‘It Girl’
Hilary A. Hallett’s “Inventing the It Girl” tells the story of the early Hollywood pioneer Elinor Glyn.
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