Book Review: ‘Best of Friends,’ by Kamila Shamsie
Kamila Shamsie’s new novel, “Best of Friends,” follows its title characters from their Pakistani girlhoods to their adult lives in London.
Book Review: “Listen, World!” by Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert
In “Listen, World!,” Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert present a portrait of the pioneering journalist Elsie Robinson.
Book Review: ‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm,’ by Laura Warrell
Laura Warrell’s debut novel, “Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm,” features a rugged trumpet player and all the women he disappoints.
Book Review: ‘Concerning My Daughter,’ by Kim Hye-jin
In Kim Hye-jin’s “Concerning My Daughter,” an unnamed mother laments her adult child’s life choices, even as she takes her back in.
Review: ‘Teaching White Supremacy,’ by Donald Yacovone
A new history by Donald Yacovone examines the racist ideas that endured for generations in educational materials.
Review: ‘The Furrows,’ by Namwali Serpell
In Namwali Serpell’s novel “The Furrows,” a childhood tragedy brings a lifetime of strange encounters.
Historical Novels With a Few Tricks Up Their Sleeves
Special powers, avian obsession and visions of the future fuel these transporting and entertaining tales.
Book Review: ‘Stay True: A Memoir,” by Hua Hsu
In “Stay True,” Hua Hsu, a staff writer for The New Yorker, recounts his relationship with an Asian American college friend, whose search for identity quietly shaped the author’s own.
Review: ‘Mr. Wilder and Me,’ by Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe’s novel “Mr. Wilder and Me” explores the late career of a legendary Hollywood director.
Review: ‘I Fear My Pain Interests You,’ by Stephanie LaCava
In Stephanie LaCava’s novel “I Fear My Pain Interests You,” a young actress manages the strains of family and failed romance.
Book Review: ‘Shrines of Gaiety,’ by Kate Atkinson
In this fizzy picaresque, the novelist conjures a London coming alive after World War I, where a nightclub empire offers refuge — and hides secrets.
Hilary Mantel Stared Down Her Past, and the World’s, With Steely Resolve
Hilary Mantel brought great precision to her writing, and asked the same of us in our reading.
The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone
Joe Hagan discusses “Sticky Fingers,” his 2017 biography of Wenner, and a panel of Times critics talks about their 2019 list of outstanding memoirs.
New Crime Fiction
In Alaina Urquhart’s serial-killer thriller “The Butcher and the Wren,” a Louisiana forensic pathologist matches wits with a murderer.
7 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
Nick Cave, religious cults and a dead mother-in-law who may or may not have come back to life: immersive narratives to download this month.
7 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
Nick Cave, religious cults and a dead mother-in-law who may or may not have come back to life: immersive narratives to download this month.
Review: “The Wind Rises” (Alma, Book 1) by Timothée de Fombelle
A West African girl thrust from her family’s private Eden confronts awful truths on the high seas in Timothée de Fombelle’s “The Wind Rises.”
Review: “The Door of No Return” by Kwame Alexander
In his new novel-in-verse, “The Door of No Return,” the Newbery Medal-winning author works hard to show that white people weren’t the only ones perpetuating an unjust system.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Deanna Raybourn Puts Power in the Hands of Older Women
In “Killers of a Certain Age,” the longtime historical novelist dips a toe in contemporary waters — and celebrates an oft-ignored age group.
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