“The Mirror and the Light” concludes Mantel's “Wolf Hall” trilogy with another Tudor panoply viewed entirely through the eyes of...
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In “The Decadent Society” Douthat argues that cultural exhaustion and world-weariness are sapping the strength of the United States. Via::...
In “The Nation City,” Rahm Emanuel argues that we have to shift our focus away from Washington and toward urban...
Mr. Gui, a Chinese-born Swedish citizen, ran a publishing house that appeared to anger the Communist Party Via:: China Sentences...
An expert explores the life of the man Tibetans call ‘Wish-Fulfilling Jewel.' Via:: Who Is the Dalai Lama?
“Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” the first books in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, have sold millions. Now the...
The new play, titled “Common Ground Revisited,” will be staged at the Huntington Theater Company early next year. Via:: ‘Common...
As the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, these works remind us that humans have faced deadly plagues for millenniums....
In his new novel, “Apeirogon,” McCann tells the real-life story of two men whose daughters died in the Middle East...
In “Every Drop of Blood,” Edward Achorn addresses sweeping issues about the Civil War and the precarious state of America...
The authors of “Rage Baking” started a different conversation than they intended. Via:: A Feminist Cookbook Meant to Inspire Fuels...
Amanda Eyre Ward's new novel, “The Jetsetters,” follows a dysfunctional family out to sea. Via:: A Widow Takes Her Grown...
Adam Cohen's “Supreme Inequality” shows that for 50 years the decisions of the Supreme Court have favored the wealthy. Via::...
The actress, whose FX series returns on March 5, puts “All That Jazz,” A Tribe Called Quest and Norman Lear's...
She wrote for New York and Dance magazines, pulling no punches. She was also the author of a number of...
From Eliza Griswold's searing “If Men, Then,” a book of inquiries into the hardest mysteries of human behavior. Via:: Poem:...
Accused of orchestrating a literary Ponzi scheme, Gérard Lhéritier prepares his defense as his breathtaking collection is auctioned off. Via::...
Reading is not always a straight line from beginning to end. In fact, the route can be quite circuitous. Via::...
The artist Sophie von Hellermann, whose new solo show opens in London this summer, illustrates scenes from this season's new...
With a clear voice and a bit of suspense, Karen Blumenthal's “Jane Against the World” charts the rocky road that...
One of the most famous — and confounding — Americans of the 20th century gets an unflinching biography in Candace...
Atmospheric new psychological thrillers — “The Aosawa Murders,” “Play the Red Queen” and “The Only Child” — are set in...
Marilyn Stasio surveys the latest crime novels — and finds them decidedly stomach-churning. Via:: Pop-Up Brothels, Severed Tongues and Creepy...
In literature and pop culture, women often come in threes, deriving power from solidarity even as they work to forge...
“Apeirogon,” composed of 1,001 fragments, was inspired by the uplifting true story of two fathers in the Middle East united...
The show will open in the late fall at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Via::...
An excerpt from “Real Life,” by Brandon Taylor Via:: ‘Real Life,’ by Brandon Taylor: An Excerpt
An excerpt from ‘The Adventurer's Son,' by Roman Dial Via:: ‘The Adventurer’s Son,’ by Roman Dial: An Excerpt
The peoples of the Caribbean needed to rediscover their heritage, he said, adding, “Instead of developing a sense of ourselves,...
“Apeirogon,” the latest novel from the National Book Award winner, will be released next week by Random House. Via:: How...
In “Until the End of Time,” the best-selling physicist Brian Greene explains how the universe will dissolve and what it...
Kent Garrett, who with Jeanne Ellsworth wrote “The Last Negroes at Harvard,” talks about how they found the African-American men...
Her work for the 1965 paperback editions of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” achieved mass-cult status. But...
Clement Knox talks about “Seduction,” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Amina Cain's “Indelicacy.” Via:: A History of Seduction
In “The Professor and the Parson,” Adam Sisman recounts the life of Robert Parkin Peters: bigamist, phony academic, “Romeo of...
Aravind Adiga's novel “Amnesty” explores the ethical dilemmas of life in the shadows. Via:: An Undocumented Immigrant Has Information About...
From sea to shining sea, here's a tour of unforgettable fiction that explores matters of the heart. Via:: 50 States,...
A friend of an inmate, Big Black, who helped others during the uprising, tells his story in “Stand at Attica.”...
Clare Beams's “The Illness Lesson,” Lee Matalone's “Home Making” and Melissa Anne Peterson's “Vera Violet” all star female protagonists at...
Six new paperbacks to check out this week. Via:: New in Paperback: ‘Survival Math’ and ‘Black Leopard Red Wolf’
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Via:: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
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In “Human Diversity,” Murray criticizes what he sees as the central tenets of a stifling orthodoxy in the social sciences:...
The memoirs of Dan Peres and other ex-employees of the magazine company reveal mess behind the gloss of the aughts....
The former “Gilmore Girls” star and best-selling author shares what she watched, read and listened to in a week. Via::...
Claude McKay's “Romance in Marseille,” published decades after it was written, tackles race and migration in a globally connected world...
A new history follows the icons and socialites of the Côte d'Azur before the rise of fascism. Via:: It Was...
‘Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy,’ by Eilene Zimmerman: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy,” by Eilene Zimmerman Via:: ‘Smacked: A Story of...
Some gems from the life's work of people remembered in recent obituaries in The New York Times. Via:: What They...
From sea to shining sea, here's a tour of unforgettable fiction that explores matters of the heart. Via:: 50 States...
“Real Life” follows a pivotal weekend in the life of a black gay student in the Midwest, something Brandon Taylor...
In “Author in Chief,” Craig Fehrman examines the books that American presidents have written before and after they were in...
Jamison talks about Offill's new novel, and Courtney Maum talks about “Before and After the Book Deal.” Via:: Leslie Jamison...
The last direct descendant of the author of “Ulysses” and “Finnegans Wake” was a fierce protector of James Joyce's estate,...
His 1972 book about his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers, acknowledged as a classic, was, like many of his 20 or so...
In Christopher Paul Curtis's books, the historical black experience came to life: the joy, the humor and the triumphs, not...
This week, Leslie Jamison reviews Jenny Offill's new novel, “Weather.” In 2014, Roxane Gay wrote for the Book Review about...
An artist illustrates her fascination with a frightening book. Via:: What Happens When Flowers Have Too Much Power?
The Carol Shields Prize is an effort to raise the visibility of women writers, in part with a sum that...
