Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 7:50am
A stroll around the city with a great stylist; a comic novel of love and real estate.
Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 5:00am
By Mattie Kahn
In “The Paris Novel,” Ruth Reichl is a glutton for wish fulfillment.
Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 5:00am
By Natasha Wheatley
In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 3:49pm
By Jonathan Kandell
Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 5:02am
By Jennifer Schuessler and Julia Jacobs
Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world.
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 5:01am
By John Knight
Three books describe the work of government investigators who want to uncover or bury the truth.
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 5:00am
By Celia McGee
Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker unearth botany’s buried history.
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 5:00am
By Walker Mimms
A new photo book reorients dusty notions of a classic American pastime.
Friday, April 19, 2024 - 5:00am
By Benjamin Markovits
Two hundred years after his death, this Romantic poet is still worth reading.
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 5:10pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.