Cher Can, and Does, Turn Back Time
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.
Book Review: ‘Children of the Ghetto: Star of the Sea,’ by Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury’s “Children of the Ghetto” series continues with a young man switching identities in a society seeking to erase him.
2 Novels That Could Almost Be Diaries
Barry Gifford’s bohemian scrapbook; Elizabeth McCracken’s eulogy for a mother.
The Prado, Renowned for Its Art, Tries a New Role: Muse to Authors
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from its paintings.
Patrick Radden Keefe on Taking ‘Say Nothing’ From Acclaimed Book to TV Show
Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.
Book Review: ‘Lazarus Man,’ by Richard Price
“Lazarus Man” follows several characters in Harlem in the wake of a building collapse.
Book Review: ‘Taiwan Travelogue,’ by Yang Shuang-zi
Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.
The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.
Two Children’s Picture Books About the Many Meanings of the Word ‘Go’
In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the beginning of a whole new world.
Unusual Holiday Traditions
Cookies and caroling? They’ll always be classic. Some celebrants, though, have more unusual ways of honoring the spirit of the season.
Tove Jansson’s 1966 Illustrations for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.
Elizabeth Nunez, Who Chronicled the Immigrant’s Challenges, Dies at 80
In “Prospero’s Daughter” and other novels, she explored the legacy of colonialism in her native Trinidad and the struggle for belonging in an adopted country.
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘States of Emergency,’ by Chris Knapp
In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world around us; he erases it.
Murderous Emperors, Plagues, Killer Lobsters: New Speculative Fiction
Recent books by Minsoo Kang, Margaret Killjoy and James S.A. Corey.
How the Mideast War Has Shaken America’s Cultural Institutions
In the last year, museums, book festivals, arts journals and other organizations have experienced bitter discord over what qualifies as tolerable speech about the conflict and its combatants.
New Psychological Thrillers Filled With Twists
Our columnist on new books by David McCloskey, Sarah Sawyer and Ragnar Jónasson.
Interview: Jenny Slate on ‘Lifeform’ and Her Reading Life
“It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She thanks her own mother for the gift of Margaret Atwood.
Book Review: ‘The Impossible Man,’ by Patchen Barss
“The Impossible Man,” by Patchen Barss, depicts the British mathematical physicist and Nobelist Sir Roger Penrose in all his iconoclastic complexity.
Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’ Wins the Booker Prize
Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set aboard a space station.
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