New in Paperback: ‘Savage Feast’ and ‘The Bird King’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Considering Kurt Vonnegut and Who Survives
This week, Lorrie Moore discusses her life as a reader in By the Book. In 1985, Moore wrote for the Book Review about “Galápagos,” Kurt Vonnegut’s novel about a group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands because of an apocalypse.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Yes, You Can Channel Your Stress Into Creativity. Here’s How.
An art critic shares his best advice for transforming that uncomfortable feeling into a thing of beauty.
Attention, Working Writers: Lorrie Moore Admires What You Do
“I also admire the ones who are taking a break and not working.”
Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis
Books from the past show us how John Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confronted the crises they faced.
‘The City We Became,’ by N.K. Jemisin: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The City We Became,” by N.K. Jemisin
This Is the Face of an Undocumented Immigrant. Don’t Look Away.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s new book combines memoir and reporting to tell the stories behind the headlines.
In a Time of Crisis, Her Voice Was the One That Galvanized Alaska
Genie Chance felt the earth move under her feet, and then she got to work. Jon Mooallem tells her story in “This Is Chance!”
Should More Defendants Be Claiming Insanity?
Susan Nordin Vinocour’s “Nobody’s Child” uses one case as a prism for examining the history and future of the insanity defense in American courtrooms.
Wresting Insight, and Poetry, From Pain
“Pain Studies,” by Lisa Olstein, and “Constellations,” by Sinead Gleeson, plumb the authors’ experiences with suffering to creative effect.
New York Is Alive (Literally) in N.K. Jemisin’s New Novel
“The City We Became” is a love letter to the city and its residents, but explicitly welcomes foreignness and plurality.
The Sometimes Amusing, Sometimes Appalling Life of a Lady in Waiting
In her new memoir, Anne Glenconner reflects on her nearly three decades of service to Princess Margaret.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Los Angeles Graffiti to Korean Art
A selection of recent visual books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Set in a Notorious Prison, a Novel Probes Iran’s Torturers and Their Victims
“Then the Fish Swallowed Him,” the first novel in English by the Iranian-born Amir Ahmadi Arian, makes for unnerving reading.
‘The Glass Hotel,’ by Emily St. John Mandel: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Glass Hotel,” by Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel Is Back, With a Ponzi Scheme Instead of a Pandemic
In her new novel, the author revisits some of the techniques she used in “Station Eleven.”
Headless Bodies, Faceless Corpses
Marilyn Stasio finds the latest crime novels filled with gristle, gore and guts.
Picture Books That Show the World Through a Child’s Eyes
Playing, dreaming, speaking up, absolutely not going to sleep: New books from Colin Meloy, Jillian Tamaki and more open vistas for little readers.
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