In Small-Town Maine, Things Are More Sinister Than They Seem
Adam White’s debut novel, “The Midcoast,” takes readers to Damariscotta, where a native son becomes obsessed with a lobsterman’s fortune.
A Memoir of Friendship and Death in a Vacation Idyll
Charles McGrath’s “The Summer Friend” recounts happy days and the gut punch of an untimely death.
One Island, Two Men and Lots of Big Questions
Karen Jennings talks about her new novel, “An Island,” and Phil Klay discusses “Uncertain Ground.”
Review: ‘Hurricane Girl,’ by Marcy Dermansky; ‘Mother Country,’ by Jacinda Townsend; ‘The Cherry Robbers,’ by Sarai Walker
The protagonists of three new novels flee disasters both natural and man-made.
New in Paperback: ‘Gay Bar’ and ‘Afterparties’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
2 Literary Novels Find the Poetry in Animal Rescue
A Nobel laureate and a future publisher play major roles in Margarita Engle’s “Singing With Elephants” and Michael Morpurgo’s “The Puffin Keeper.”
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “The Man Who Broke Capitalism,” by David Gelles
David Gelles’s “The Man Who Broke Capitalism” examines the impact of one of the country’s most powerful chief executives.
Dan Chaon Doesn’t Want to Hear About Your Middle-Class Norwegian Life
The novelist and story writer, whose new book is “Sleepwalk,” wishes more authors would write about ‘anything other than themselves. I love writers … who use some aspects of their own experience to tell a far-out tale.’
For Casey McQuiston, the Message Is in the Details
When it was time to design “I Kissed Shara Wheeler,” this best-selling novelist had a lot of ideas.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: A Gay Refugee’s Confrontation With America
In his memoir, Edafe Okporo calls for a more “humane” treatment of asylum-seekers in the West.
Review: “Two Nights in Lisbon,” by Chris Pavone
The heroine of Chris Pavone’s new thriller, “Two Nights in Lisbon,” learns that double lives can have hidden costs.
Review: “Two Nights in Lisbon,” by Chris Pavone
The heroine of Chris Pavone’s new thriller, “Two Nights in Lisbon,” learns that double lives can have hidden costs.
Newly Published, from Asteroids to Garden Gnomes
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Looking for Europe’s Future in an Overlooked Corner of the Continent
Robert D. Kaplan’s “Adriatic” takes readers on a political, intellectual and personal tour from Italy to Albania.
Review: ‘The Foundling,’ by Ann Leary
Ann Leary’s novel, “The Foundling,” may sound like dystopian satire — but it’s not.
Book Review: “Yerba Buena,” by Nina LaCour
The author Nina LaCour is known for her young adult novels. She is making her adult debut with a tale of two women finding themselves, and each other.
Review: ‘Planes,’ by Peter C. Baker
“Planes,” by Peter C. Baker, explores the internal lives of four characters in a story of activism, duty and culpability.
Review: “Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World,” by Barry Lopez
In a posthumous essay collection, Lopez asks readers “not to give in to the temptation to despair.”
White and Black: A Historian Traces African-American Influences in the United States
David Hackett Fischer’s “African Founders” examines the interplay of Black and white culture through the centuries.
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