Review: ‘Winter Work,’ by Dan Fesperman
Dan Fesperman’s “Winter Work” is set amid confusion and moral compromise in East Germany as Communism fell.
Review: ‘Harry Sylvester Bird,’ by Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta’s second novel attempts to skewer white liberal solipsism.
India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other
Meenakshi Ahamed’s “A Matter of Trust” traces the tangled, complicated and difficult relationship between two allies that are not quite friends.
Review: ‘Bad Thoughts,’ by Nada Alic
Nada Alic’s debut story collection pierces superficial appearances to access deeper human connection.
Review: ‘Roll Red Roll,’ by Nancy Schwartzman
In “Roll Red Roll,” Nancy Schwartzman revisits a teenage girl’s 2012 assault by high school football players, and its aftermath.
Review: ‘The Great Man Theory,’ by Teddy Wayne
It’s a hard world out there for the protagonist of Teddy Wayne’s novel “The Great Man Theory.”
Book Review: “Why Didn’t You Tell Me?” by Carmen Rita Wong and “Normal Family” by Chrysta Bilton
In their memoirs, Carmen Rita Wong and Chrysta Bilton open up about how they learned of secrets, lies and unkept promises.
Book Review: “The Crane Wife” by CJ Hauser
In “The Crane Wife,” CJ Hauser delves into issues of identity and connection with humor and grace.
Alice Elliott Dark on ‘Fellowship Point’
Dark talks about her new novel, and Katherine Chen discusses “Joan,” her fictional imagining of Joan of Arc.
Review: ‘Mother Noise,’ by Cindy House; ‘My Seven Black Fathers,’ by Will Jawando; and ‘This Body I Wore,’ by Diana Goetsch
Addiction, fatherhood and transgender identity in new books by Cindy House, Will Jawando and Diana Goetsch.
“Our Fort” by Marie Dorléans
Two siblings, a playful teacher’s class and three friends let their imaginations loose in the great outdoors.
Book Review: “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin’s novel “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” is a love letter to the Literary Gamer.
New Crime Fiction
In Tom Mead’s “Death and the Conjuror,” a man is found dead in his study, his throat cut. There is no weapon in the room, and the doors are locked — from the inside.
Why We Need Bugs
A graphic review of two new books that explain how the world’s insects came to be in peril.
Newly Published, From Banksy to Patrick Radden Keefe
A selection of books published this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “The Shores of Bohemia,” by John Taylor Williams
In “The Shores of Bohemia,” John Taylor Williams explores 50 years in the iconoclastic summer colonies of Cape Cod.
Book Review: “Doctors and Distillers,” by Camper English
In “Doctors and Distillers,” Camper English explores the long-running interconnection between medicine and alcohol in daily life.
Review: ‘The Man Who Could Move Clouds,’ by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
In her debut memoir, Ingrid Rojas Contreras summons stories from the living and the dead to connect her own experiences to those of her Colombian ancestors.
How a Failed Screenwriting Career Forged a Best-Selling Author
Before he wrote “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides tried and tried again to make movies.
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