Book Review: ‘Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,’ by Kerry Howley
In “Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs,” Kerry Howley explores how the erosion of privacy has fueled conspiracy theories and the national security state.
Book Review: ‘Old God’s Time,’ by Sebastian Barry
In his novel “Old God’s Time,” Sebastian Barry puts a retired policeman on a case that dredges up painful memories.
Book Review: “Guardians of the Valley,” by Dean King
In “Guardians of the Valley,” Dean King chronicles the friendship between the naturalist John Muir and the journalist Robert Underwood Johnson.
Book Review: ‘The Undertow,’ by Jeff Sharlet
Alarmed by the country’s political divisions, Jeff Sharlet embarked on an anguished quest to understand the rise of antidemocratic extremism. In “The Undertow,” he documents his findings.
Book Review: ‘Benjamin Banneker and Us,’ by Rachel Jamison Webster with Edith Lee Harris, Robert Lett, Gwen Marable, and Edwin Lee
In “Benjamin Banneker and Us,” Rachel Jamison Webster uncovers Black ancestors she never knew about, and with the help of far-flung relatives assembles her family’s story.
Book Review: ‘Flux,’ by Jinwoo Chong
In Jinwoo Chong’s debut novel, “Flux,” a time-warping discovery impacts the lives of three people coping with personal and systemic traumas.
Book Review: ‘Walk the Walk,’ by Neil Gross
In “Walk the Walk,” Neil Gross profiles three departments around the country experimenting with genuine reform.
Three Novels Where Love Takes Center Stage
Romance — nostalgic, obsessive or consuming — is at the heart of Madelaine Lucas’s “Thirst for Salt,” Keiran Goddard’s “Hourglass” and Alison Mills Newman’s “Francisco.”
Book Review: ‘Meganets,’ by David B. Auerbach
Who’s really in charge of our online behavior? No one, David Auerbach argues in “Meganets.”
Four Thrilling New Romance Novels
New romance novels brim with shining, seductive, beautifully crafted sentences.
Review: ‘Biography of X,’ by Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey’s new novel follows a polarizing artist through a fractured country.
Book Review: ‘Meganets,’ by David B. Auerbach
Who’s really in charge of our online behavior? No one, David Auerbach argues in “Meganets.”
Book Review: ‘Wandering Souls,’ by Cecile Pin
In Cecile Pin’s debut novel, “Wandering Souls,” the tale of three young Vietnamese migrants transforms into a larger meditation about how and why refugee stories are told.
Book Review: ‘The People’s Hospital,’ by Ricardo Nuila
In “The People’s Hospital,” Ricardo Nuila explores the ways in which a space for those stranded by the American health care system serves as an unlikely model.
Book Review: “The Nursery,” by Szilvia Molnar
In her debut novel, “The Nursery,” Szilvia Molnar paints an honest, frightening and claustrophobic picture of new motherhood.
Book Review: ‘Commitment,’ by Mona Simpson
In Mona Simpson’s new novel, “Commitment,” a precariously functioning family fractures under the pressure of mental illness. Or does it?
What We’re Reading
Gilbert Cruz talks to Book Review staff members about the books they’ve been enjoying lately.
Book Review: “Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar,” by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, and “Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!,” written by Tonya Bolden and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Before her, guitarists played the blues, and mostly sat down doing it. Sister Rosetta Tharpe stepped out.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Trang Thanh Tran Has a Song for That
From Pomplamoose to MXMS to Taylor Swift, this best-selling author’s playlist is tailored to all the moods in “She Is a Haunting.”
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