Black Lives Drawn and Stories of Struggle Told Through Comics
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at a compilation of Black cartoonists and a history of female slave rebellions.
Turning to Books to Grasp the Most Ungraspable Disease
Sandeep Jauhar offers a tour of books about Alzheimer’s, from the search for a cure to fictionalized accounts of living with this scourge.
It’s Not Too Late to Discover Louise Meriwether
The author, 98, wrote one of the classic novels of Depression-era Black life, “Daddy Was a Number Runner,” and its themes still resonate today.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Serena Williams: The Queen and Her Court
Gerald Marzorati’s “Seeing Serena” follows her across the globe over the course of one year.
Ashley C. Ford Believes in Letting the Light In
The podcast host and debut author tells a difficult story in her best-selling memoir, “Somebody’s Daughter.” But there are glimmers of brightness.
What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island?
In Cynthia Leitich Smith’s “Sisters of the Neversea,” the Darlings have been transported to Tulsa, Okla., and Lily is Wendy’s Native stepsister.
A Short Girl, Feeling Unseen, Fixates on a Boy Who Vanished
Pamela Erens, acclaimed for her adult novels, has made a natural and satisfying shift to middle grade fiction with “Matasha.”
New & Noteworthy, From Trans Parenting to Poe’s Science
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
How Far Would You Go to Protect Someone You Love?
And whom would you trust along the way? These questions are the foundation of Caitlin Wahrer’s suspense novel, “The Damage.”
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Los Angeles?
In “Everything Now,” Rosecrans Baldwin wanders the “city-state” trying to make sense of its vast and varied terrain.
Cheat on Your Partner or Change the World: In This Novel, It’s All the Same
In “Hard Like Water,” Yan Lianke’s latest novel to be translated into English, the Cultural Revolution is the backdrop for an illicit romance.
The Many Successes of Jimmy Carter — and His Ultimate Failure
Kai Bird’s “The Outlier” takes a close look at the Carter administration and concludes that the 39th president deserves a better reputation.
In ‘Morningside Heights,’ Illness Tests a Mind and a Marriage
Joshua Henkin’s novel follows a professor dealing with the impacts of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
An Army Officer Navigates Treachery in Kentucky’s ‘Killing Hills’
Suspicions and family loyalties run deep in Chris Offutt’s new crime novel, which begins with a body found in the woods.
How America’s Weirdest Guidebooks Were Funded by the Government
“Republic of Detours,” by Scott Borchert, relates the history of the Federal Writers’ Project, which paid thousands of unemployed writers to write idiosyncratic guides to the country.
A Novel Follows ‘Strange Flowers’ in an Insular Irish Village
Donal Ryan’s new book features misfits and newcomers in a closed and judgmental community.
A Civil War Novel Imagines More Racial Kinship Than Horror
Set in the Deep South just after the war, “The Sweetness of Water,” by Nathan Harris, includes death and violence. But its plotlines suggest a vision of race and sexual relations rarely depicted in fiction about the period.
Speaking Truth to Both the Right and the Left
George Packer’s “Last Best Hope” and Jonathan Rauch’s “The Constitution of Knowledge” argue that Trump die-hards and the woke both threaten democracy.
For Literary Novelists the Past Is Pressing
Historical fiction was once considered a fusty backwater. Now the genre is having a renaissance, attracting first-rank novelists and racking up major prizes.
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