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Jul 21, 2026
Blending autobiography with meditations on craft, "Unsayable" feels destined for the graduation gift bag.
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Jul 21, 2026
In "The Frenchmen," Emily Eakin traces the rise and fall of postmodernist philosophy, and the surprising ways its influence lingers.
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Jul 21, 2026
For decades, filmmakers have been borrowing plot lines and metaphors from Homer's epic for adventures set in different eras and realities.
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Jul 21, 2026
In "The Mortons," a young hit woman — a prodigy at killing — is tested by inherited secrets and her own morality.
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Jul 21, 2026
A new compendium of Roberta Gregory's comics does away with delicacy in the name of feminism.
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Jul 20, 2026
The market for the epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.
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Jul 20, 2026
The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.
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Jul 20, 2026
The market for Homer's epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.
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Jul 20, 2026
In "The Lost Founder," the journalist Jesse Wegman looks back at a largely forgotten and singular voice that helped make the United States what it is today.
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Jul 19, 2026
Caitlin Mullen drew on eerie expeditions to the Pine Barrens for her new mystery novel, "Heather."
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Jul 18, 2026
A psychologist, he wrote during the AIDS crisis about survivor's guilt and depression in his H.I.V.-negative patients.
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Jul 18, 2026
Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic poem has monster battles, a sorceress and dozens of thirsty suitors. Here's a primer.
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Jul 18, 2026
In Claire Vaye Watkins's novel "Yellow Pine," a single woman having an existential crisis decides now is the time to have a child.
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Jul 17, 2026
Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.
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Jul 17, 2026
Gary Stewart spent a few years on top, but was largely forgotten after his tragic death in 2003. Now a new generation is rediscovering the onetime "king of honky-tonk."
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Jul 17, 2026
The Netflix series and its feature-length finale are based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman. Here's a reminder of the events of the characters and where their stories left of.
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Jul 17, 2026
A new collection of the famous graphic designer Seymour Chwast's work for children "unearths a cache of lost treasures."
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Jul 17, 2026
Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.
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Jul 16, 2026
Our columnist on three of the year's most anticipated books.
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Jul 16, 2026
For comedian Alison Leiby, talking about her choice to be child-free is more polarizing to audiences than anything else.
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Jul 16, 2026
Our columnist on three of the year's most anticipated books.
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Jul 16, 2026
Jem Calder's novel, "I Want You to Be Happy," follows the flailing situationship between two aspiring writers with a 12-year age gap.
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Jul 16, 2026
In "Journey to Nowhere," Shiva Naipaul reports on the aftermath of a cult's disastrous turn away from idealism.
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Jul 15, 2026
The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer's protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
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Jul 15, 2026
A new book by the journalist Lauren Collins chronicles the ongoing effects of the violent takeover of Wilmington, N.C., on those living in its aftermath.
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Jul 15, 2026
In "Air," by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht, a decorator's unusual commission leads abruptly into another universe.
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Jul 14, 2026
"Cloudthief," by Nathaniel Rich, follows a dispirited writer into a scheme to get rich and find romance along the way.
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Jul 14, 2026
Julie Buntin's novel "Famous Men" complicates an old story with questions of ambition and consent.
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Jul 14, 2026
Sure, "Catcher in the Rye" has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.
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Jul 14, 2026
A new book by Michael Blanding chronicles the history of Hobby Lobby and its billionaire founder's campaign to promote conservative Christian values.
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Jul 13, 2026
Her best-known work, "Women Without Men," was longlisted for the International Booker Prize this year.
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Jul 13, 2026
Her first collection of short fiction, "It Will Come Back to You," is threaded with erudition but never pretentious.
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Jul 13, 2026
The best-selling author Rachel Lynn Solomon recommends forbidden love stories full of fiery desire, shifting power dynamics and so-wrong-it's-right drama.
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Jul 13, 2026
From assisted living to elder activism and her own experience as a caregiver, Lucy Schiller investigates aging's myriad challenges in her first book.
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Jul 13, 2026
In "Catch the Devil," Pamela Colloff vividly tells the true story of the con man who traded on other prisoners' "confessions" for clemency.
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Jul 12, 2026
Interested in these classic novels, but not sure where to start? Let our expert guide you.
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Jul 12, 2026
In "Every Inch a Lady," Audrey Smaltz shares her incredible story — if not her inimitable voice.
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Jul 11, 2026
Why do the characters in so many new novels insist upon eating each other?
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Jul 11, 2026
Han Ong's barbed, irreverent portrait of identity, class envy and flimflam deception in turn-of-the-21st-century Manhattan still resonates.
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Jul 10, 2026
Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, "The Grimkes," which is no longer listed on its publisher's website.
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Jul 10, 2026
The novelist Dinaw Mengestu, who was elected seven months ago, said the article "continues this approach toward defending some rights while not defending others."
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Jul 10, 2026
The author of an exhaustive two-volume biography, he was "fanatical about his approach to scholarship and infatuated with Melville," a colleague said.
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Jul 10, 2026
The novelist Dinaw Mengestu was leading a literary group that has been divided by its response to the war in Gaza.
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Jul 10, 2026
First, a primer from the author of "Circe," Madeline Miller. Then, A.O. Scott on all the genres inside the 3,000-year-old poem.
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Jul 10, 2026
A group of artists gathered at a hotel on the Côte d'Azur in 1937. A new book by Anna Thomasson captures the art and escapades the holiday inspired.
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Jul 10, 2026
Ten recommendations for fans of Mary Pope Osborne's time-travel chapter book series.
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Jul 10, 2026
One hundred years after his birth, the French philosopher remains hugely influential, both revered and reviled for ideas that eerily anticipated our day.
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Jul 09, 2026
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times
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Jul 09, 2026
The world's most famous epic has something for every reader.
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Jul 09, 2026
Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.
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Jul 09, 2026
While the Y.A. graphic novel phenomenon wraps up with a sixth volume and a Netflix movie, Alice Oseman mostly reads fiction about adults now.
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Jul 09, 2026
The world's most famous epic has something for every reader.
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Jul 09, 2026
Homer's "Odyssey" has been translated into English countless times, with versions ranging from contemporary and accessible to highly poetic. A.O. Scott, critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, breaks down three translations and explains which one might be right for you.
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Jul 09, 2026
The best-selling author Kerri Maher recommends books that transport readers to the decade of space travel, counterculture and tumultuous societal change.
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Jul 08, 2026
A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices. The creators know criticism is coming.
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Jul 08, 2026
A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices.The creators know criticism is coming.
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Jul 08, 2026
William T. Vollmann's fascinating, wildly ambitious text interweaves a family saga with a history of the American war machine since Vietnam.
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Jul 07, 2026
Workers at a major publishing house have established what organizers are calling the largest union in trade book publishing history.
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Jul 07, 2026
A new book by the historian Mason B. Williams chronicles the dubious effects of school, housing and police reforms by local politicians on the right.
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Jul 07, 2026
Rachel Aviv's essay collection, "You Won't Get Free of It," shows the breadth and complexity of matrilineal relationships.
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Jul 06, 2026
Three authors chronicle the history of the World Cup and of U.S. men's soccer.
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Jul 06, 2026
Miguel Salazar of the New York Times Books Review recommends three titles that can help you understand the history of the World Cup.
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Jul 06, 2026
"The Coast of Everything," by Guillermo Stitch, is structured like a nesting doll, with one story hidden within another.
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Jul 06, 2026
Irvine Welsh brings back his beloved Edinburgh ensemble for his new novel, "Men in Love."
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Jul 06, 2026
"The Simp," by Roshan Sethi, is a satire of the unending demands, learned helplessness and stubborn racism of Hollywood elites.
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Jul 05, 2026
His 1998 book, "Gotham," which told the city's story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.
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Jul 05, 2026
His 1998 book, "Gotham," which told the city's story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.
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Jul 05, 2026
In "The Face," Fay Bound-Alberti examines our relationship to our most public features.
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Jul 05, 2026
In Daniel Mason's charming "Country People," a stuck father and his happier family are tempted, and changed, during a stint on a bucolic campus.
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Jul 04, 2026
In "American Trickster," Ru Marshall takes on the epic story of Carlos Castaneda.
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Jul 03, 2026
The film "Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World" works best when it illuminates her work, whose fans include Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey.
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Jul 03, 2026
After creative differences led him to step away from the characters that made him famous decades ago, John Byrne calls "Elsewhen" his swan song. He's not going quietly.
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Jul 03, 2026
New works by Christy Mihaly, Carole Boston Weatherford, Howard W. Reeves and Derrick Barnes show that there is still much to celebrate, rebel against and amend.
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Jul 02, 2026
He excavated a treasure hoard of manuscripts by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and others that were found in a warehouse in Secaucus, N.J.
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Jul 02, 2026
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Jul 02, 2026
The best-selling author Gillian McAllister recommends novels that blend escapist settings with pulse-pounding intrigue and bloody murder.
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Jul 01, 2026
A grass-roots campaign urged readers to buy copies of the Black feminist writer's 2002 book "Communion" before Vice President JD Vance's book of the same name hit shelves.
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Jul 01, 2026
A new book by Samuel Moyn argues that the country has become an "oldigarchy," in which wealth and power are hoarded by the elderly.
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Jul 01, 2026
An introduction to a living genius of children's literature for the adults who will inevitably read her on repeat.
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Jul 01, 2026
Now that Sandra Boynton's books have crossed generations of child-rearing — and her first, "Hippos Go Berserk!," is approaching 50 — they deserve another look.
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Jun 30, 2026
"The Midnight Special" offers an unconventional cultural history with profiles of five artists influenced by the carceral system.
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Jun 30, 2026
In Paul Tremblay's new A.I. dystopia, "Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep," an experimental technology gives its heroine control over somebody else's body.
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Jun 29, 2026
Novels by Colson Whitehead and Daniel Mason, the final "Heartstopper" graphic novel, gripping thrillers, lush romantasy, true crime and more.
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Jun 29, 2026
Until recently, the language of morality belonged to social conservatives. But the history of liberalism suggests that values have been at its core all along.
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Jun 28, 2026
Their names may not be familiar, but they helped define queer art, activism and storytelling as we know it today.
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Jun 28, 2026
Sarah Weinman on "Heather," by Caitlin Mullen, and three more new books.
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Jun 28, 2026
In her biography of the novelist George Sand, Fiona Sampson urges us to see Sand chiefly as a writer, an inventor of stories and also of the self.
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Jun 27, 2026
On "Tony Brown's Journal," he interviewed guests like Jesse Jackson and Lena Horne, and made programming decisions by asking himself, "Will it help Black people?"
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Jun 27, 2026
Our columnist on new books by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman and Tessa Bickers.
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Jun 27, 2026
A new book examines the desperate lives of Nigeria's romance scam artists — and their victims.
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Jun 26, 2026
Caro Claire Burke's best-selling novel, about a tradwife influencer with some surprises in store, is one of the buzziest books of 2026.
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Jun 26, 2026
In July, the Book Review Book Club will be discussing Stuart's latest novel, about a profoundly isolated father and son, each grappling with long-held secrets.
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Jun 25, 2026
A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write "In Search of Enemies," a book the agency sought to suppress.
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Jun 25, 2026
A self-described "paintoonist," Mr. Moriarty created cartoons with spare dialogue that reminded his admirers of poetry or Samuel Beckett's plays.
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Jun 25, 2026
Kwame Alexander is starting up an imprint at Sourcebooks, an innovative publisher that has found success in giving authors larger roles in the publishing process.
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Jun 25, 2026
The author Ashley Herring Blake recommends swoony Sapphic novels that celebrate love between women across eras and genres.
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Jun 25, 2026
"I can always wait for the streaming version and hope for nudity," says the writer, whose new novel, "The Tuxedo Society," is about a cadre of gay spies.
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Jun 24, 2026
Our columnist reviews "The Tapestry of Fate" and other books.
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Jun 24, 2026
Our critic looks at the best recent releases.
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Jun 24, 2026
Janet Fash's memoir is both a sunny coming-of-age story and an exposé of corruption, understaffing and unnecessary deaths at Rockaway Beach.
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