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Book Review: ‘What Came West,’ by Josh Weil
Josh Weil’s new novel follows an autistic trapper on an odyssey during the California gold rush.
Book Review: ‘Stolen Revolution,’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
In a quietly devastating new book, two journalists chart the protest movements fighting for change inside the country.
Book Review: ‘Land,’ by Maggie O’Farrell
Set in the decades after the Great Hunger, “Land” is a rich portrait of family life amid Ireland’s long struggle against British rule.
Book Review: ‘The Fire Agent,’ by David Baerwald
“The Fire Agent,” by David Baerwald, is a historical novel that spans two continents and world wars.
28 New Books to Read in June: Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Daniel Kraus and More
Novels by Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell and Dave Eggers; memoirs by Jill Biden and Laverne Cox; sci-fi adventures by a Pulitzer Prize winner; and more.
Book Review: ‘1873,’ by Liaquat Ahamed
In “1873,” the historian and financier Liaquat Ahamed traces the political consequences of booming markets that left a lot of people behind.
How to Make Americans Read Again
The reading crisis is real, but the solution does not require new inventions.
Book Review: ‘The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom’
A collection of Harold Bloom’s letters details the working life of one of America’s most influential intellects.
Joana Avillez Revisits Her Waterfront Childhood
Joana Avillez took six years to illustrate a new edition of Joseph Mitchell’s “The Bottom of the Harbor,” which captures the salty New York neighborhood of her youth.
Book Review: ‘Whistler,’ by Ann Patchett
In “Whistler,” a surprise encounter at the Met changes the course of their lives.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Rabbit, Fox, Tar,’ by P.C. Verrone
In “Rabbit, Fox, Tar,” a white neighborhood’s local election is complicated when a mysterious, dark-skinned woman suddenly appears in town.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Girl’s Girl,’ by Sonia Feldman
In Sonia Feldman’s novel, “Girl’s Girl,” the delicate balance of a Gen Z friend group is unsettled over one Ohio summer.
Morin, Edgar (1921-2026)
Edgar Morin, ‘Grandfather’ of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104
A former member of the Resistance, he went on to a career spanning eras and disciplines. His books and pronouncements carried moral authority.
Season Pass
Today, let’s set our ambitions for summer reading.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Sublimation,’ by Isabel J. Kim
In her book “Sublimation,” Isabel J. Kim reimagines the dilemmas of immigration through a science fiction story about scheming clones.
Books and Literature
Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner
Lerner’s new novel is a cerebral exploration of technology, family, truth and existence.
Books and Literature
Book Club: Read ‘Yesteryear,’ by Caro Claire Burke, With the Book Review
In June, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss a novel about a tradwife who wakes up in 1855, living the pioneer life she has been performing online.
Presidential Election of 2024
Book Review: ‘View From the East Wing,’ by Jill Biden
Beyond a few pointed digs at her husband’s successor, “View From the East Wing” largely sticks to the head-spinning details of first lady-hood.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Found Sound,’ by Meg Wolitzer and Charlie Panek, and ‘Stream,’ by Aida Salazar
Meg Wolitzer and Charlie Panek’s “Found Sound” and Aida Salazar’s “Stream” send their protagonists on a listening (and healing) tour of real life.
Books and Literature
Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
United States Politics and Government
Saints and Sinners, From the Vatican to the Alamo
Texas just got a lot more interesting.
Finally, a Bookstore That Sells Mesh Underwear
The book and fashion worlds have been flirting. At Climax, they’re making out.
Cartoons and Cartoonists
Why Garry Trudeau Finally O.K.’d a Biography
Back at the Yale library that holds his archive, the low-key creator of “Doonesbury” reunites with the journalist who pieced together his life story.
Books and Literature
Veronica Roth on Her Favorite Books and Her New Novel, ‘Seek the Traitor’s Son’
“I love a clever puppet master,” says the author of the Divergent series and the new “Seek the Traitor’s Son.” Her favorite hero? Antigone.
Books and Literature
The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer
Memoirs, histories, true crime, investigations and much more.
Books and Literature
The Novels Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer
New fiction from Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and much more.
Book Trade and Publishing
Why Is TikTok in This Book from 2006?
For decades, publishers have swapped out cultural references in new editions of books to appeal to younger readers. Fans aren’t always thrilled.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Stalin’s Apostles,’ by Antonia Senior
A new book by Antonia Senior chronicles the careers of five men who betrayed their country — with devastating results.
The Emporium (Play)
Thornton Wilder’s Last Play Vanished Into Thin Air. Or Did It?
Decades after “The Emporium” failed to open on Broadway in 1954, one man went on a quest to find it.
Books and Literature
Poetry Review: ‘Killing Spree,’ by Jorie Graham
In “Killing Spree,” Jorie Graham confronts a world living through apocalyptic times.
Daley, Robert
Robert Daley, Multifaceted Author of ‘Prince of the City,’ Dies at 96
He wrote 31 books, often drawing on his experiences as a pro football publicist, a foreign correspondent and a gun-toting spokesman for the N.Y.P.D.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Babylon, South Dakota,’ by Tom Lin
Tom Lin’s new novel, “Babylon, South Dakota,” reimagines the western with surreal elements.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘The Vivisectors,’ by Missouri Williams
The stoic narrator of “The Vivisectors” befriends a student embroiled in a cultural politics debate.