Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:21am
By Sarah Weinman
Looking for some fictional murder and mayhem? Our columnist is keeping track of the best crime novels of 2025.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:01am
By Gilbert Cruz, Claire Hogan and Karen Hanley
Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:00am
“My favorite novel of all time” is an antidote to “Of Mice and Men,” he promises. His new book, “Anima Rising,” is a playful visit to 1911 Vienna.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:00am
By Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson
Taylor Jenkins Reid heads to space, Megan Abbott climbs a pyramid (scheme) and Gary Shteyngart channels a 10-year-old. Plus queer vampires, a professor in hell and an actress’s revenge.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:00am
By Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson
How did streetwear become high fashion? Why are there so many serial killers in the Pacific Northwest? Prize-winning writers tackle these questions, while memoirists consider celibacy, spycraft and Erica Jong.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 10:00am
By Michael Paulson
“This World of Tomorrow,” based on the actor’s 2017 short story collection, is scheduled to begin performances in October at the Shed.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 6:00am
By Meghan Collins Sullivan
We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:02am
By Sarah Lyall
In Chris Pavone’s new novel, “The Doorman,” the real world closes in on residents of a luxury apartment building.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:01am
By Sadie Stein
In “Whack Job,” Rachel McCarthy James finds a connection between self-reliance and brutality. And for the record, she’s not so sure Lizzie Borden did it.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:01am
By Esmeralda Santiago
In the novel “Speak to Me of Home,” three generations of women in one family grapple with their identities.