Children's Books: Give Ghosts a Chance
A town that has banished the spirits of the dead may seem calm, but it’s on a sure path to destruction in William Alexander’s middle grade novel, “A Properly Unhaunted Place.”
Fiction: Decades After the Vietnam War, Where Does Violence Begin?
In Josephine Rowe’s debut novel, “A Loving, Faithful Animal,” a veteran disappears as his family struggles with intergenerational trauma.
Fiction: A Novelist Dissects the Claustrophobic Evil of Jim Crow
A lynching provides the catalyst in Eleanor Henderson’s second novel, “The Twelve-Mile Straight.”
Nonfiction: What a Survivor of Auschwitz Learned From the Trauma of Others
In her memoir “The Choice,” the therapist Edith Eva Eger traces her path to emotional healing alongside her patients.
Children's Books: Bullies, Ghosts and Creepy Dolls
An abandoned orphanage, a troubled girl, a nighttime thump: Beware, gentler readers. Pam Smy’s “Thornhill” is for kids — and adults — who like to be scared.
Children's Books: Frightfully Good New Picture Books to Give Kids the Shivers, or the Giggles
A mysterious girl who lives in the forest, a swamp creature raised by humans, an otherworldly pair of undies and more in this autumn’s eeriest tales.
Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Larry McMurtry on his Pulitzer prize-winning novel “Lonesome Dove.”
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Newsbook: 3 Books on Guns in America
Days after a mass shooting in Las Vegas left 59 dead, books that ponder the gun control debate and effects of these tragedies.
Books News: Kazuo Ishiguro Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The British author’s best sellers include “The Remains of the Day” and “Never Let Me Go.”
By the Book: Roz Chast: By the Book
The author of, most recently, “Going Into Town,” enjoys listening to audiobooks while working on a craft project like embroidering: “My idea of a really good time.”
Light Reading: Bob Dylan’s Year of Living Laureatishly
Last year the Nobel committee shocked folks around the world with its selection for the literature prize — most notably the awardee himself.
Nonfiction: 1949: The Year That Set the Course of Chinese-American Relations
Kevin Peraino’s “A Force So Swift” recounts a turning point that continues to haunt Washington and Beijing.
Poetry: Five Decades of Frank Bidart’s Verse, From Masks to Self-Mythology
The collected poems in “Half-Light,” long-listed for the National Book Award, let readers trace the evolution of a sophisticated modern master.
Nonfiction: Learning About Women’s Lives Through the Food They Consumed
In “What She Ate,” Laura Shapiro offers biographical portraits of six notable women and their diets, including Helen Gurley Brown and Eva Braun.
Nonfiction: In Masha Gessen’s ‘The Future Is History,’ Homo Sovieticus Rises
In her new book, Gessen, a journalist and longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, recounts the experiences of seven people living in post-Communist Russia.
Fiction: In ‘Manhattan Beach,’ Jennifer Egan Sets a Crime Story on the Waterfront
A missing father, an underworld boss and a female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yards anchor the Pulitzer winner’s first novel since “A Visit From the Goon Squad.”
Fiction: A Second Wife Haunted by the Shadow of Her Husband’s First
Lily Tuck’s new novel, steeped in references to literary forebears, exposes the psychological obsession of women who’ve wed the same man.
Nonfiction: When the Empress of India Met Her Muslim Teacher
Shrabani Basu’s “Victoria & Abdul,” now also a film starring Judi Dench, portrays the bond between the British queen and her Indian teacher.
Match Book: Illustrated Books to Help Children Embrace Their Differences
Ferdinand the peaceful bull, a blue crayon named Red and other misunderstood heroes who teach kids it’s ok to be themselves.
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