Debut Stories From Clare Sestanovich, Brenda Peynado and Choi Eunyoung
These collections include forays into a Dominican dictatorship, a tragic ferry accident in South Korea and polyamory.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Diane Johnson Wishes More Authors Would Write About Friendship
“That’s a neglected, important part of life.”
Need a Modern Update on American History? Meet Clint Smith.
“How the Word is Passed” is equal parts crash course, prose poem, travelogue and reckoning.
11 Summer Graphic Novels for Early and Middle-Grade Readers
From flashlight-under-the-blanket page-turners and music-infused time travel to a campy book about camp, here are 11 summer novels for comics-hungry kids.
Life Gets Hectic Fast for a Heroine and Her Newfound 12-Year-Old
The title character of Mia McKenzie’s novel “Skye Falling” wants to avoid chaos and human connection. Too bad for her.
Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It
In “Songbooks,” the scholar and critic Eric Weisbard surveys music writing from the 1700s to today, with special attention to voices on the margins.
‘Filthy Animals: Stories,’ by Brandon Taylor: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Filthy Animals: Stories,” by Brandon Taylor
Meet Sydney Taylor, Unsung Creator of the All-of-a-Kind Family
Her books depicted a cozy Jewish family on the Lower East Side. In real life, her back story was more complicated.
How to Destroy a Village
Liang Hong’s “China in One Village” recounts the forces that are undermining rural areas, and the helplessness of the people who live there.
Coming Home Is Anything but Easy in This ‘Millennial Noir’
Elias Rodriques’s debut novel, “All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running,” follows a young man searching for answers after the death of his high school flame.
New & Noteworthy Poetry, From First Peoples to Posthumous Ashbery
A selection of recent poetry titles of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Whenever She Has This Dream, Someone in Her Village Dies
Folklore informs Mariana Leky’s novel “What You Can See From Here,” which follows a motley cast of townspeople faced with a crisis.
The House That Mouse Built
This young adult version of a Spanish folk tale redefines what picture books can be. Reader discretion is advised.
Can Geometry Be as Soul-Stirring as Poetry?
In “Shape,” Jordan Ellenberg argues for the importance of geometry as the underlying structure of reality.
Brandon Taylor’s ‘Filthy Animals’ Is a Study in Rogue Appetites
The first story collection from the author of “Real Life” features unspoken desires bubbling up when least appropriate.
A History of Getting Hammered, and Why Some of Us Should Keep Doing It
In “Drunk,” Edward Slingerland plays devil’s advocate for the pleasure and utility of Dionysian abandon.
George Packer on Our Divided America
Packer talks about “Last Best Hope,” and Suzanne Simard discusses “Finding the Mother Tree.”
The One About Bibi Netanyahu’s Father and the Perils of Diaspora
In his new novel, “The Netanyahus,” Joshua Cohen imagines a visit by the scholar Benzion Netanyahu to an Ivy League school in the late 1950s.
New in Paperback: ‘The World’s Fastest Man’ and ‘Our Time Is Now’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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