‘Barcelona Dreaming’ Offers a Nostalgic Trip to Pre-Crisis Europe
Three cross-cultural narratives in Rupert Thomson’s new novel paint a picture of Barcelona during the early 2000s.
The Grindr Advice Column That Became a Memoir of Modern Queer Life
In “Hola Papi,” the writer John Paul Brammer mines his own experiences and traumas to deliver wisdom for queer readers.
In Quantum Physics, Everything Is Relative
Carlo Rovelli’s “Helgoland” explores the world of the smallest particles and asks what makes them unique.
Bill Bratton Explains His Ideas of Good Policing
In “The Profession,” Bratton, with his co-author, Peter Knobler, offers an engaging account of his half-century in law enforcement.
Meet the Pandemic’s Newest Doctors, Who Quickly Became Pros
In “Life on the Line,” Emma Goldberg takes readers behind the hospital curtains in New York City at the peak of the pandemic.
Alex DiFrancesco Captures the Fraught Magic of the In-Between
The story collection “Transmutation” follows protagonists across the gender spectrum filling their days with TV, Twitter and revenge.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Queer Love to the Soul of a Nation
A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
How Ethel Rosenberg Offered Her Own Life as a Sacrifice
Anne Sebba’s new biography tells the story of a fanatical Communist and loving mother who went to her death proclaiming her innocence.
The Cat Came Back — All the Way From 16th-Century Rome
A time-traveling feline helps solve a Renaissance art mystery in “Da Vinci’s Cat,” by Catherine Gilbert Murdock.
Erin Entrada Kelly Draws (Literally) From Her Life in a New Illustrated Middle Grade Series
A Filipino American girl who’s afraid of falling tackles the tree in her new backyard in “Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey.”
Book Review: ‘Dear Senthuran,’ by Akwaeke Emezi
“Dear Senthuran” is an epistolary memoir of gender identity, diaspora and the solitude of success.
The Year We Battled Covid, Revisited
In “The Plague Year,” Lawrence Wright tells the story of the pandemic that upended all of our lives — both the failures to combat it, and the science that saved us.
How Did a Gay Scientist of Jewish Descent Thrive Under the Nazis?
In “Ravenous,” Sam Apple tells the story of a researcher who was able to carry out his groundbreaking work on cancer cells even in the middle of World War II.
Reimagining the Aftermath of a Bomb
Francis Spufford talks about “Light Perpetual,” and Egill Bjarnason discusses “How Iceland Changed the World.”
Ellen Oh’s New Middle Grade Novel Is Not a Fantasy
In “Finding Junie Kim,” a third-generation Korean-American girl gathers strength from her grandmother’s wartime tales to deal with anti-Asian racism.
Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War
Lisa Taddeo’s first novel, “Animal,” tells a relentlessly bleak story of a woman warped by psychic wounds who pursues a life of emotional carnage.
Liz Hauck Promised a Warm Meal Every Week. Then She Delivered.
In “Home Made,” a writer looks back on the many dinners she cooked and ate with residents of a Boston home for adolescents.
New in Paperback: ‘Luster’ and ‘Sex and Vanity’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Was Daniel Patrick Moynihan Right About America? And Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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