Jackie, Before Marrying Jack
Elisabeth Egan talks about Louis Bayard’s “Jackie & Me,” and Matthew Schneier discusses Paula Byrne’s biography of Barbara Pym.
“Golden Ticket” by Kate Egan
A quiz bowl winner and students at an elite music camp struggle to figure out who they really are in novels by Kate Egan and Mariama J. Lockington.
New in Paperback: Dana Spiotta and Juan Gonzalez
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Book Has Women in Africa Talking About Sex
“The Sex Lives of African Women” explores women’s experiences, in their own words, helping foster “a sexual revolution that’s happening across our continent.”
8 Audiobooks to Listen to Now
A memoir of Ativan withdrawal, a British Jamaican coming-of-age on the streets of Bristol, a tour of the sensory world of the animal kingdom, and more.
Geraldine Brooks Had an Unpleasant Surprise When She Taught at Harvard
“Half my students had never read a Shakespeare play,” says the historical novelist, whose latest book is “Horse.” “That set my hair on fire.”
David Sedaris Is Bullish on Thank-You Notes
In the midst of a grueling book tour, the best-selling author makes time to dispatch notes to people he’s met along the way.
Review: A Partial Manuscript of ‘Paradise Lost,’ by John Milton
John Milton, by then completely blind, composed his epic poem by dictation.
‘Meet Me by the Fountain’ Takes a Tour of the Mall
The design critic Alexandra Lange’s new book considers the rise and fall and dicey future of an American institution.
Newly Published, From Teenage D.J.s to the Pope
A selection of books published this week.
In ‘Also a Poet,’ a Search for Frank O’Hara and for Peace With Dad
Ada Calhoun hoped to finish a biography of O’Hara once started by her father, the art critic Peter Schjeldahl. Instead, she wrote a searching memoir about creativity and family.
Book Review: ‘The British Surrealists,’ by Desmond Morris
A famed zoologist returns to his first love, art, in a colorful portrait of the British avant-garde.
Book Review: “Esmond and Ilia,” by Marina Warner
Marina Warner tells the story of her parents’ unlikely marriage as memoir, fairy tale and tragedy.
Book Review: “O Say Can You Hear? A Cultural Biography of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’” by Mark Clague
In his comprehensive study of the national anthem, a historian and musicologist examines our complicated relationship to a famously challenging song.
Book Review: ‘Rough Draft,’ by Katy Tur
In her second memoir, “Rough Draft,” the journalist Katy Tur recounts growing up alongside her parents’ news-gathering exploits and her father’s outlandish, then violent, behavior.
Review: “Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass,” by Frank Close
Frank Close’s “Elusive” looks at the life and work of the man who changed our ideas about the basis of matter.
Review: “We Carry Their Bones,” Erin Kimmerle
Erin Kimmerle’s “We Carry Their Bones” describes efforts to uncover the graves and crimes at a boys’ school in Florida.
Review: “Grand Hotel Europa,” by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s “Grand Hotel Europa” combines a comedy of manners with cultural commentary.
Review: “Diary of a Film,” by Niven Govinden
“Diary of a Film,” a novel by Niven Govinden, follows a film director struggling to balance his artistry with real life.
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