6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
By the Book Interview With Judi Dench
“They’re snapshots of the past: first-night gifts, holidays abroad, memories of lost friends and loved ones,” the award-winning actress says. Her latest, written with Brendan O’Hea, is “Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent.”
Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better.
The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy.
He Sang ‘What a Fool Believes.’ But Michael McDonald Is in on the Joke.
The singer and songwriter with a silky-smooth voice has written a memoir with Paul Reiser that recounts his story of pain and redemption with dashes of humor.
On Poetry: What Do We Mean by ’the Speaker’?
Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try.
Book Review: ‘Free and Equal,’ by Daniel Chandler
The economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler thinks so. In “Free and Equal,” he makes a vigorous case for adopting the liberal political framework laid out by John Rawls in the 1970s.
Uncovering What Audubon Missed, and What He Made Up
In “The Birds That Audubon Missed,” Kenn Kaufman delves into the fierce, at times unethical, competition among early American ornithologists.
New Science Fiction and Fantasy
New books by H.A. Clarke, Robert Jackson Bennett and Micaiah Johnson.
Lesley Hazleton, Writer Who Tackled Religion and Fast Cars, Dies at 78
Born in England and raised Jewish, she became agnostic, writing books about her own lack of faith, the prophet Muhammad and her time as a car columnist.
Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in Ayad Akhtar Play
The Oscar-winning actor will star as an A.I.-curious author in “McNeal,” starting performances in September at Lincoln Center Theater.
In Neil Gaiman’s ‘Silver Age,’ Miracleman Is a Hero Out of Time
In an era of endlessly safe comic universes, “Miracleman: The Silver Age” goes another way with the return of a godlike hero from a world more like ours.
Book Review: ‘Coming Home,’ by Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford
News stories have chronicled the basketball star’s detention in a Russian prison. Here’s her version.
Book Review: ‘Long Island,’ by Colm Tóibín
Now a suburban married mother, Eilis Lacey finds herself in a quandary in “Long Island,” Colm Tóibín’s sequel to his much-admired novel.
Book Review: ‘Daughters of Shandong,’ by Eve J. Chung
Inspired by her grandmother, Eve J. Chung’s lively novel, “Daughters of Shandong,” traces a harrowing journey across 1950s Communist China.
Pulitzer Prizes 2024: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists
Jayne Anne Phillips won the fiction award for “Night Watch,” while Jonathan Eig and Ilyon Woo shared the biography prize.
Why Kristi Noem Is in the Doghouse
Americans like their politicians to be dog people. Gov. Noem broke the mold.
Read Your Way Through Montreal
Montreal is a city as appealing for its beauty as for its shadows. Here, the novelist Mona Awad recommends books that are “both dreamy and uncompromising.”
Book Review: ‘Blue Ruin,’ by Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru examines the ties between art and wealth in a new novel, “Blue Ruin.”
A Modern Mom Finds an Ancient Outlet for Feminist Rage
In Alexis Landau’s ambitious new novel, “The Mother of All Things,” the frustrations of modern parenting echo through the ages.
Book Review: ‘Early Sobrieties,’ by Michael Deagler
Michael Deagler’s first novel follows a young man who is piecing his life back together and trying very hard not to drink.
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