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New York Times Books
Oct 11, 2025

Zora Neale Hurston's 1935 Play Comes Alive
"Spunk," a fable weaving together music and movement, is getting its first full staging since being rediscovered in 1997.

New York Times Books
Oct 11, 2025

Understanding Post-Soviet Tyranny, in Order to Fight It
After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.

New York Times Books
Oct 11, 2025

Book Review: ‘Workhorse,' by Caroline Palmer
The devil, Prada-clad or not, stays on the periphery of Caroline Palmer's "Workhorse," a novel about an ambitious assistant at a Vogue-like publication.

New York Times Books
Oct 11, 2025

Book Review: ‘Splendid Liberators,' by Joe Jackson
In "Splendid Liberators," Joe Jackson presents the U.S. wars in Cuba and the Philippines as part of a misguided project to spread freedom across the world.

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature for books often called bleak and challenging. But they're also comical and deeply human.

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

Brandon Taylor Discusses His New Novel
"Minor Black Figures" encompasses race, class, religion and art, but at its heart it's really about "what happens when you encounter a priest at a bar one hazy summer night in New York."

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus,' by Matthew Restall
In "The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus," Matthew Restall explores the seemingly immortal reputation of one of history's most projected-on figures.

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

The Breakout Star of ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman'
"I wanted to tell a story that encompassed the gender spectrum," said Tonatiuh, who transformed his body to play the queer window dresser Luis Molina.

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

Book Review: ‘Minor Black Figures,' by Brandon Taylor
In Brandon Taylor's new novel, "Minor Black Figures," an emerging painter explores what it means to create and experience art in an increasingly political world.

New York Times Books
Oct 10, 2025

Historical Fiction Books for Young Readers
The author of the Seeds of America trilogy recommends books that run the gamut from Native American history to the civil rights movement.

New York Times Books
Oct 09, 2025

Ruth Weiss, Who Chronicled Apartheid After Fleeing the Nazis, Dies at 101
Her life and work were shaped by confronting injustice in South Africa and Germany. "Blacks under apartheid — Jews under the swastika. Was it all that different?" she asked.

New York Times Books
Oct 09, 2025

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

New York Times Books
Oct 09, 2025

6 New Books We Love This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New York Times Books
Oct 09, 2025

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
?The prize committee said the Hungarian writer's work "reaffirms the power of art."

New York Times Books
Oct 09, 2025

Book Review: ‘Orlanda,' by Jacqueline Harpman
In Jacqueline Harpman's novel "Orlanda," the repressed half of a woman's soul jumps into the body of a man. Chaos ensues.

New York Times Books
Oct 09, 2025

Interview: Jeff Kinney on His Favorite Books and the Latest in His ‘Wimpy Kid' Series
Sharing the plot of the 20th "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book had him cringing at the memory of ruining a birthday surprise. Also surprising: the O.J. Simpson book on his shelves.

New York Times Books
Oct 08, 2025

Psychological Thrillers That Will Give You Goosebumps
Our columnist on notable new releases.

New York Times Books
Oct 08, 2025

Jonathan Lear, Philosopher Who Embraced Freud, Dies at 76
Defying scholarly norms, he took a hands-on approach to research. To study resilience, he visited the Crow Nation; to explore Freudian theory, he became a psychoanalyst.

New York Times Books
Oct 08, 2025

Book Review: ‘Paper Girl,' by Beth Macy
To write "Paper Girl," Beth Macy returned to Urbana, Ohio, documenting the descent of a once flourishing town into entrenched poverty and acrimony.

New York Times Books
Oct 08, 2025

What Is Dark Academia?
The genre — characterized by Gothic intrigue and a liberal arts aesthetic — grew out of Donna Tartt's cult favorite campus novel, "The Secret History." Here's where to start.

New York Times Books
Oct 07, 2025

2025 National Book Award Finalists Are Announced
Novels by Karen Russell and Bryan Washington are among those vying for the award in fiction, while books about Gaza, foster care and women in Russia are up for the nonfiction prize.

New York Times Books
Oct 07, 2025

The ‘Thursday Murder Club' Author on Killers, Cats and Kindness
The novelist Richard Osman talks about his best-selling series, which stars a team of crime-solving retirees.

New York Times Books
Oct 07, 2025

The ‘Thursday Murder Club' Detectives Are ‘Not Sweet Old People'
The novelist Richard Osman says the stars of his best-selling series — a team of crime-solving retirees, who make their fifth appearance in "The Impossible Fortune" — are as complicated and flawed as anyone else.

New York Times Books
Oct 07, 2025

Graphic History Review: ‘Black Arms to Hold You Up,' by Ben Passmore
"Black Arms to Hold You Up," the latest salvo from the award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore, merges of-the-moment urgency with historical fact.

New York Times Books
Oct 07, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Conservative Frontier,' by Jeff Roche
In "The Conservative Frontier," Jeff Roche makes the case that the modern Republican Party was born in West Texas.

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Oct 07, 2025

Book Review: ‘Race Against Terror,' by Jake Tapper
In "Race Against Terror," Tapper makes a courtroom drama out of the strange case of a jihadi fighter who turned himself in.

New York Times Books
Oct 07, 2025

Book Review: ‘Near Flesh: Stories,' by Katherine Dunn
Her first and only collection of short fiction, gleaned from her archive, pulses with energy and struggling characters.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Jilly Cooper, Widely Popular Romance Novelist, Is Dead at 88
A prolific British writer and keen observer, she sold millions of copies of her juicy, sometimes racy "Rutshire Chronicles" series.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Nobel Prizes 2025: What to Know
The awards are being announced this week.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Jilly Cooper, British Romance Novelist, Is Dead at 88
A prolific writer and keen observer, she sold millions of copies of her juicy, sometimes racy "Rutshire Chronicles" series.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Four Spent the Day Together,' by Chris Kraus
The author of "I Love Dick" returns with a novel that combines autobiography and true crime.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

The Novelist Who Knows What Millennials Want
Vincenzo Latronico captures his generation's desire for an exquisite lifestyle — and pokes fun at it.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Book Review: ‘Gertrude Stein,' by Francesca Wade
The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein's life and legacy, taking her at her word.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Book Review: ‘What a Time to Be Alive,' by Jade Chang; ‘What a Time to Be Alive,' by Jenny Mustard
In an unusual act of literary synergy, two vibrant coming-of-age tales with the same title have arrived one week apart.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

In a New Memoir, an Israeli Captive Looks Ahead with Hope
Freed after 14 months, Eli Sharabi learned that his family didn't survive the Oct. 7 attacks. "Hostage" is testimony to his suffering and his hope.

New York Times Books
Oct 06, 2025

Book Review: ‘Mothers,' by Brenda Lozano
A cheeky narrator recounts a parent's worst nightmare in Brenda Lozano's new novel.

New York Times Books
Oct 05, 2025

Book Review: ‘Things That Disappear,' by Jenny Erpenbeck
The celebrated German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck considers the relics of an earlier age in a newly translated essay collection.

New York Times Books
Oct 05, 2025

Book Review: ‘Death and the Gardener,' by Georgi Gospodinov
In the autofictional "Death and the Gardener," the Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov remembers an ordinary man ennobled by a love of the land.

New York Times Books
Oct 05, 2025

Can Cory Doctorow's Book ‘Enshittification' Change the Tech Debate?
Cory Doctorow's new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.

New York Times Books
Oct 04, 2025

Mychal Threets, New ‘Reading Rainbow' Host, Tries to Recapture Show's Magic
The popular children's television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience.

New York Times Books
Oct 04, 2025

Kate McKinnon's Holy Grail Is ‘Indiana Jones'
"When those bugs are crawling on Kate Capshaw in ‘Temple of Doom,' I'm having the time of my life," the actress and author said.

New York Times Books
Oct 04, 2025

Book Review: ‘A Different Kind of Tension,' by Jonathan Lethem
His new collection draws from his ambitious practice of the form over nearly four decades.

New York Times Books
Oct 04, 2025

Stonewall National Museum Chronicling L.G.B.T.Q. History Faces Deep Cuts
The Fort Lauderdale museum, one of the country's oldest L.G.B.T.Q. institutions, is looking to its rich archives for lessons in how to survive a crisis. Here's a look inside its collection.

New York Times Books
Oct 04, 2025

Book Review: ‘Ginster,' by Siegfried Kracauer
A new reissue of Siegfried Kracauer's 1928 novel "Ginster" offers a darkly humorous window into one German conscript's inglorious journey.

New York Times Books
Oct 03, 2025

Ashleigh Brilliant, Prolific ‘Pot-Shots' Phrasemaker, Dies at 91
Over nearly a half-century, he wrote 10,000 epigrams, none longer than 17 words, and printed them on postcards, T-shirts, mugs and other products.

New York Times Books
Oct 03, 2025

This Thriller Writer Took on a Tech Giant. And Won.
Andrea Bartz was disturbed to learn that her books had been used to train A.I. chatbots. So she sued, and helped win the largest copyright settlement in history.

New York Times Books
Oct 03, 2025

Book Review: ‘38 Londres Street,' by Philippe Sands
Philippe Sands considers the case of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eluded efforts to bring him to account for state-sponsored terror in Chile.

New York Times Books
Oct 03, 2025

Book Review: ‘It Girl,' by Marisa Meltzer
In a new biography, "It Girl," the journalist Marisa Meltzer makes a case for the doe-eyed style icon as more than a muse.

New York Times Books
Oct 03, 2025

‘Best American Poetry' Is Ending. Our Columnist Looks Back.
After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant.

New York Times Books
Oct 03, 2025

Kate DiCamillo's ‘Because of Winn-Dixie' Turns 25
As Kate DiCamillo's "Because of Winn-Dixie" celebrates a big milestone, Holly Goldberg Sloan's "Finding Lost" echoes its themes.

New York Times Books
Oct 02, 2025

Book Review: ‘Shadow Ticket,' by Thomas Pynchon
"Shadow Ticket" follows a dancing private eye on the hunt for a missing cheese heiress. It gets even wackier from there.

New York Times Books
Oct 02, 2025

‘Fairyland' Review: Out in San Francisco
Based on a memoir by Alysia Abbott, the movie chronicles gay liberation and the AIDS crisis from the perspective of a gay man's daughter.

New York Times Books
Oct 02, 2025

Evan Dando Is Back From the Brink
The Lemonheads frontman's life was really bleak for a while. He tells the tale in a new memoir, to be followed by his band's first album of original songs in nearly 20 years.

New York Times Books
Oct 02, 2025

Are We Headed for Apocalypse? This Book Says It's a 1-in-3 Chance.
In "Goliath's Curse," Luke Kemp crunches the numbers to see exactly how far we are from the fate of once-great empires.

New York Times Books
Oct 02, 2025

Seeing Puerto Rico Through Comic Books
Marvel's White Tiger, frog sorcery, Indigenous tales and more are in "¡Wepa!," coming to New York Public Library, spotlighting work by or about the island.

New York Times Books
Oct 02, 2025

Annie Lennox on Her Favorite Books and Her New Visual Memoir
Why? Curiosity, "general impatience and all-around quirkiness." Her first book (which proceeds chronologically) is a visual memoir of her life and musical career.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Florida Court Rejects Free Speech Argument in Book Removal Case
The lawsuit was an effort to keep ‘And Tango Makes Three,' about two male penguins raising a chick, in a county's school libraries.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

‘Rampant' Book Bans Are Now Taken for Granted, Free Speech Group Warns
A new report from PEN America tracks restrictions on school books across 45 states.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Book Review: ‘Water Mirror Echo,' by Jeff Chang
An exuberant new biography by Jeff Chang charts the action star's life and legacy as a breakout Asian American celebrity who paved the way for others.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Thomas Pynchon's Books: A Guide
The celebrated author of "Gravity's Rainbow" may have a cult following on campus and a reputation for formidable literary high jinks. But his novels are also just plain fun.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Thomas Pynchon's Novels: A Guide
The celebrated author of "Gravity's Rainbow" may have a cult following on campus and a reputation for formidable literary high jinks. But his novels are also just plain fun.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Love ‘The Exorcist'? These Horror Books Reinvent Demonic Possession.
The horror author Rachel Harrison recommends books that offer emotional insight and social commentary beyond the scares.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Great Horror Books About Possession
The horror author Rachel Harrison recommends books that offer emotional insight and social commentary beyond the scares.

New York Times Books
Oct 01, 2025

Great Books for Toddlers
Here are some of our staff's favorites, for ages 2 to 4.

New York Times Books
Sep 30, 2025

Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers
His many novels, including the prizewinning "The Butcher's Boy" and the Jane Whitefield series, can have readers rooting for both protagonist and antagonist.

New York Times Books
Sep 30, 2025

Book Review: ‘I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult,' by Drew Nieporent
In "I'm Not Trying to Be Difficult," the star restaurateur Drew Nieporent evokes a glittering age in Manhattan hospitality.

New York Times Books
Sep 30, 2025

Books to Read If You Love the ‘Twilight' Series
Whether you're Team Edward, Team Jacob or just Team Fun Book, these novels offer a similar blend of romance, fantasy and horror.

New York Times Books
Sep 30, 2025

Book Review: ‘Gotham at War,' by Mike Wallace
In "Gotham at War," Mike Wallace shows how the American fight against the Nazis started years before World War II, in the Big Apple.

New York Times Books
Sep 30, 2025

Book Review: ‘Heart the Lover,' by Lily King
Lily King's new novel, "Heart the Lover," is a profoundly affecting story of romantic entanglement by a master of the genre.

New York Times Books
Sep 29, 2025

The Book That Taught Nonna to Cook Is Coming to America
An English translation of Ada Boni's "The Talisman of Happiness," an indispensable guide for Italian home cooks since the 1920s, is finally on its way.

New York Times Books
Sep 29, 2025

27 New Books to Read in October: Thomas Pynchon, Malala Yousafzai, Philip Pullman and More
New novels by Thomas Pynchon and Brandon Taylor; memoirs by Susan Orlean, Malala Yousafzai and Tim Curry; the conclusion of an epic fantasy series by Philip Pullman; and more.

New York Times Books
Sep 29, 2025

Fizzy New Crime Fiction
Our columnist on four notable new releases.

New York Times Books
Sep 28, 2025

Book Review: ‘Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel,' by Frances Wilson
A crackling new biography captures the formidable personality and often eerie writings of the "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" creator Muriel Spark.

New York Times Books
Sep 28, 2025

Lionel Richie Tells the Whole Story
His songs have inspired fans for five decades. Now the indefatigable musician delivers the whole story in a 463-page memoir.

New York Times Books
Sep 27, 2025

Wonderful New Historical Fiction
Our columnist on four noteworthy novels.

New York Times Books
Sep 27, 2025

Restoring the Sound, if Not the Fury, of William Faulkner's Piano
Hoping to draw more visitors to Rowan Oak, Faulkner's home in Oxford, Miss., a group helped refurbish its piano.

New York Times Books
Sep 27, 2025

Paul Kingsnorth Wants Us to Worship Nature, Culture and God, Not Technology
Based on his popular Substack, the iconoclastic author's new book is a warning against the dangers of turning innovation into a secular faith.

New York Times Books
Sep 27, 2025

Book Review: ‘Picket Line,' by Elmore Leonard
"Picket Line," which was inspired by Cesar Chavez and his union campaigns, has been published for the first time.

New York Times Books
Sep 26, 2025

Robert B. Barnett, Washington Master of the Book World Megadeal, Dies at 79
A powerhouse Washington lawyer, he negotiated blockbuster contracts for A-list clients, including the Clintons, the Obamas and the Bushes, while often acting as their consigliere.

New York Times Books
Sep 26, 2025

Book Club: Let's Discuss ‘Pride and Prejudice'
Jane Austen's classic, about the tortured romance of two people frazzled by miscommunications and assumptions, still feels fresh 250 years after Austen's birth.

New York Times Books
Sep 26, 2025

Book Club: Read ‘The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,' by Stephen Graham Jones, with the Book Review
In October, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Stephen Graham Jones's latest horror novel, about an Indigenous man who is turned into a vampire.

New York Times Books
Sep 26, 2025

In ‘Punch' on Broadway, Trying to Summon Empathy for the Unforgivable
The Broadway play "Punch" retells the true story of a fatal blow and how restorative justice brought healing to the parents and to the young man who threw the punch.

New York Times Books
Sep 26, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Winter of the Dollhouse,' by Laura Amy Schlitz
In the small-scale world of Laura Amy Schlitz's novel "The Winter of the Dollhouse," the emotional stakes are both intimate and enormous.

New York Times Books
Sep 25, 2025

Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New York Times Books
Sep 25, 2025

Maxine Clair, Writer Who Came to Her Craft in Middle Age, Dies at 86
She published her first book of poems at 49 and her first work of prose, the acclaimed novel "Rattlebone," six years later.

New York Times Books
Sep 25, 2025

Ian McEwan Knows History Is an Imperfect Judge
The novelist, who wrote about World War II in "Atonement" and has turned repeatedly to his own times, imagines the 22nd century in his new book, "What We Can Know."

New York Times Books
Sep 25, 2025

Brynne Weaver's Favorite Dark Romance Books
The best-selling author Brynne Weaver recommends novels that dial up the emotional drama for high-stakes payoffs.

New York Times Books
Sep 25, 2025

Rabih Alameddine on His Favorite Books and His New Novel
Then: His favorite writer. Now: "So earnest, so didactic, so humorless." His own new novel is "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)."

New York Times Books
Sep 24, 2025

Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,' Dies at 93
She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China's "Paris of the East," where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.

New York Times Books
Sep 24, 2025

How Buddhism Shaped ‘Trip,' Amie Barrodale's Odd, and Oddly Funny, Debut Novel
Raised Buddhist in Texas, Amie Barrodale came to embrace the teachings. Years of practice inform her odd, and oddly funny, debut novel, "Trip."

New York Times Books
Sep 24, 2025

Book Review: ‘One of Us,' by Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon's latest novel, "One of Us," dances around a great showman, a demented "uncle" and a cast of fascinating misfits.

New York Times Books
Sep 24, 2025

Book Review: ‘We Love You, Bunny,' by Mona Awad
In "We Love You, Bunny," the novelist Mona Awad revisits the gleefully vicious campus satire of her 2019 hit, "Bunny." We're all ears.

New York Times Books
Sep 23, 2025

Booker Prize 2025: Six Novels Shortlisted
The nominees for the prestigious award also include novels by David Szalay, Benjamin Markovits and Andrew Miller.

New York Times Books
Sep 23, 2025

Book Review: ‘Beings,' by Ilana Masad
Ilana Masad's new novel, "Beings," weaves together three separate story lines to explore how we process and narrate our lives.

New York Times Books
Sep 23, 2025

Book Review: ‘The Tragedy of True Crime,' by John J. Lennon
In his first book, John J. Lennon, who is serving a 28-year sentence, brings nuance and complexity to his own and other prisoners' stories.

New York Times Books
Sep 23, 2025

Book Review: ‘Cécé,' by Emmelie Prophète
In Emmelie Prophète's "Cécé," a young woman is determined to survive the slums — first by doing sex work, then by posting her gruesome reality for the world to see.

New York Times Books
Sep 22, 2025

Book Review: ‘What We Can Know,' by Ian McEwan
"What We Can Know" follows a scholarly quest amid the ruins of civilization.

New York Times Books
Sep 22, 2025

Book Review: ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows ...,' by Steven Pinker
In a new book, the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argues that an awareness that everyone knows what you know is a powerful driver of human social life.

New York Times Books
Sep 21, 2025

Book Review: ‘Amanda,' by H.S. Cross
The tricky romantic drama in H.S. Cross's new novel, "Amanda," aims for both historical sweep and high erotic tension.

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