Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 5:59pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 8:15am
By Gabino Iglesias
Morgan Talty's debut novel is a touching narrative about family in which the past and present are constantly on the page as we follow a man's life, while also entertaining what that life could have been.
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 5:00am
By Casey Schwartz
Ruth Whippman had three sons and a lot of questions. In her memoir “Boy Mom,” she hopes to offer parents some of the reporting she gathered on the road to understanding her children.
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 5:00am
“No one should be surprised by a writer’s library,” says the author of the Maisie Dobbs series, about a World War I battlefield nurse turned private investigator. The series’ 18th and final book is “The Comfort of Ghosts.”
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 5:00am
By Julie Stone Peters
In a new memoir, David S. Tatel recounts a remarkable career as a civil rights lawyer and federal judge, and the challenges of contending with the disease that took his vision.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 9:11pm
By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris
The shake up at the Hachette Book Group imprint comes at a time when publishers are feeling pressured by sluggish print sales and rising supply chain costs.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 3:06pm
By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
The decision, which will be implemented in January 2025, could significantly impact publishers.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 5:05am
By Jennifer Szalai
In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 5:00am
By Maurice Carlos Ruffin
New Orleans is a thriving hub for festivals, music and Creole cuisine. Here, the novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin shares books that capture its many cultural influences.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 6:49pm
By Clay Risen
A two-time Caldecott Medal winner, she brought multiculturalism to children’s literature by evoking her Armenian heritage.