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Book Review: ‘The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy,’ by Joe Sexton

Tue, 05/09/2023 - 5:00am

In “The Lost Sons of Omaha,” the journalist Joe Sexton investigates a saga of death that occurred in Nebraska during the racial unrest after the killing of George Floyd.

Book Review: ‘Retrospective,’ by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Tue, 05/09/2023 - 5:00am

“Retrospective,” a novel by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, takes the film director Sergio Cabrera as its subject.

Book Review: ‘Professor Schiff’s Guilt,’ by Agur Schiff

Tue, 05/09/2023 - 5:00am

In “Professor Schiff’s Guilt,” an Israeli novelist becomes embroiled in a case involving his slave-trading ancestor.

Book Review: ‘Our Migrant Souls,’ by Héctor Tobar

Tue, 05/09/2023 - 5:00am

“Our Migrant Souls,” the author’s first nonfiction book in nearly a decade, is a deeply personal meditation on Latino American experience.

Book Review: ‘King: A Life,’ by Jonathan Eig

Mon, 05/08/2023 - 5:00am

“King: A Life,” by Jonathan Eig, is the first comprehensive account of the civil rights icon in decades.

The Best Romance Books to Read in 2023

Sun, 05/07/2023 - 5:00am

Looking for an escapist love story? Our columnist is tracking the year’s sexiest, most swoon-worthy reads.

6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Books

Sat, 05/06/2023 - 5:00am

Tracy Deonn, the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award-winning author of “Legendborn” and “Bloodmarked,” recommends a few of her favorite young adult fantasy titles.

6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels

Sat, 05/06/2023 - 5:00am

Tracy Deonn, the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award-winning author of “Legendborn” and “Bloodmarked,” recommends a few of her favorite young adult fantasy titles.

Book Bans and What to Read in May

Fri, 05/05/2023 - 2:55pm

Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth Harris talk publishing news, and Joumana Khatib previews the month’s big books.

New Historical Fiction

Fri, 05/05/2023 - 5:00am

Welcome to three novels set in locales where life is exceedingly difficult.

Friendship in Three New Books for Early Readers

Fri, 05/05/2023 - 5:00am

Otis and Peanut, Panda and Squirrel, and Bear and Bird bravely follow in the footsteps of Frog and Toad and George and Martha.

Friendship in Three New Books for Early Readers

Fri, 05/05/2023 - 5:00am

Otis and Peanut, Panda and Squirrel, and Bear and Bird bravely follow in the footsteps of Frog and Toad and George and Martha.

9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 4:19pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Maggie Smith’s Muse Is Central Ohio

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 7:19am

The author of “You Could Make This Place Beautiful” finds poetry and hard-won peace in a suburb east of Columbus.

Maggie Smith’s Muse Is Central Ohio

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 5:00am

The author of “You Could Make This Place Beautiful” finds poetry and hard-won peace in a suburb east of Columbus.

Meet Nancy Hale, the Jazz Age Rebel Who Chronicled Women’s Lives

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 5:00am

A decorated writer in the 1940s, Nancy Hale analyzed the gap between the rhetoric of liberation and the realities of female experience. Why has she fallen into obscurity?

By the Book: Sarah Sze Wishes She Could Hear Gertrude Stein Pick a Fight

Thu, 05/04/2023 - 5:00am

The artist, whose exhibition “Timelapse” is at the Guggenheim, would invite Stein to dinner with Cervantes and Murasaki Shikibu: “Stein might instigate a … debate on the origin of the modern novel.”