Un sangriento conjunto de instructivos, uno de los cuales data del siglo XVII, aconsejaba a los guerreros japoneses sobre las formas secretas del ‘seppuku’.
A new biography by Willard Sterne Randall shows how 18th-century Boston’s most popular businessman put his mark on the American Revolution.
In a new memoir, Geoff Dyer reflects how seemingly trivial moments and objects of childhood end up playing an outsize role in our lives.
In Jess Walter’s new novel, “So Far Gone,” a retired environmentalist turned recluse comes out of isolation to find his grandchildren.
Drawing on folklore traditions from around the world, these thrilling and entertaining books put fresh spins on classic tales.
Un nuevo libro de memorias escrito por su amiga más íntima arroja luz sobre la mujer que había detrás de la imagen.
He survived electroshock treatments and the threat of lobotomy to become one of Ireland’s most popular poets. The Irish Times called him a “literary phenomenon.”
In “King of Ashes,” the novelist again returns to rural Virginia as a setting, with a hero who has to face the family he once fled.
In “The Haves and Have-Yachts,” the New Yorker writer Evan Osnos presents an urbane set of profiles in excess.
In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself.
Our columnist on the month’s most notable releases.
In the novel “Peachaloo in Bloom,” the selfishness belongs to one man. In the picture book “The Wanting Monster,” it belongs to us all.
As an author (often blurring the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction), a film director, a lyricist and a host of TV and radio shows, he sought to capture his epoch.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The list includes “Heartwood,” “Other Worlds,” “The Wall” and “The Fact Checker.” Her own new novel is “Flashlight.”
The writer Edmund White, who died on Tuesday, wrote about being gay with literary clarity and without shame.
In Austin Taylor’s novel “Notes on Infinity,” the speed of success prevents undergraduate founders from reflecting on, let alone fixing, an original sin.
In these reflections, colleagues, friends and admirers recall his risk-taking, his generosity and his insatiable taste for gossip.
With another “Gomorrah” spinoff being filmed, some Neapolitans say they’re fed up with all the shows portraying the “malavita,” or the lawless life. “Why must only bad things be said about us?”
A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.
In a coming book, Ms. Jean-Pierre will describe a “betrayal” by her party when Joseph R. Biden Jr. ended his re-election campaign. Democrats were quick to criticize her.
He worked for the Brooklyn Dodgers and wrote about sports but mostly focused on conservation, publishing a sequel to Rachel Carson’s exposé on the dangers of pesticides.
Researchers share the titles they recommend most often.
He mined his own varied catalog of sexual experiences in more than 30 books of fiction and nonfiction.
La ex primera ministra de Nueva Zelanda, quien dirigió al país durante la pandemia, ha publicado unas memorias en las que aboga por una mayor empatía en la política.
“Is a River Alive?,” the new book by Robert Macfarlane, is gorgeously written but also windy and sentimental.
In “When It All Burns,” Jordan Thomas brings an anthropologist’s eye to the life-or-death struggle with fire.
In “Deep House,” Jeremy Atherton Lin uses the story of his own life as a catalyst for a kaleidoscopic survey of legal flash points regarding gay rights and immigration.
Our columnist on the twisty, suspense-laden books that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.
A renowned French scholar and publishing figure, he looked at what societies choose to honor — and forget — in telling their stories.
Eastwood, 95, accused a small Austrian publication of running a “phony” Q. and A. with him. It turns out the quotes were aggregated from previous interviews.
The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics.
Plus, The Times’s summer book picks.
How the earth’s rotation taught me to find peace in the face of death.
In “I’ll Tell You When I’m Home,” the Palestinian American writer Hala Alyan draws on her life experiences and her family’s multiple displacements across generations.
“The Listeners” follows a resort manager forced to shelter Axis diplomats, who threaten to disturb the magical springs that make the property a success.
In “The Catch,” struggling twin sisters are forced to rethink their lives after the reappearance of their mother, presumed dead for decades.
An expansive new biography of William F. Buckley Jr. traces the eventful life of the conservative activist who intuitively grasped the media’s centrality to politics.
The author of “The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide” on the reasons the travel publishing giant chose a coffee-table book and how she picked the people and places to feature.
A new memoir by her closest friend sheds light on the woman behind the image.
Today, let’s write a little poetry.
The Times followed along as the singer wrote a commencement speech for Emory University.
Once called “our present-day Homer” for her sprawling, experimental epics, she was honored with prizes and was a finalist for the Pulitzer in 1999.
He began his career as a pastor. But he was forced out of his congregation in 1965, which led to a new life pondering the value of nature.
Try this quiz on how five authors made a living before their literary careers took off.
A Marxist-turned-Catholic who denounced individualism, he provoked and inspired fellow thinkers and gained a degree of popularity unusual for a moral philosopher.
“Flashlight,” by Susan Choi, spans several decades and nations to tell a story of exile in its multiple forms.
A new biography of the Republican legislator details his legal mind and his personal struggles.
For “People’s Choice Literature,” Tom Comitta wrote two books based on the likes and dislikes of American readers.
In a sharp new book, Jessa Crispin uses the actor’s career to explore, and complicate, the “crisis of masculinity.”
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
Kevin Sack chronicles the Charleston, S.C., congregation that was the target of a brutal 2015 hate crime, and the church’s central role in the larger saga of the South.
The author of “The House in the Cerulean Sea” recommends captivating books that cast L.G.B.T.Q. people as the heroes, the villains and everything in between.
A la escritora Melissa Febos le gustan los extremos. Su nuevo libro, “The Dry Season”, narra un audaz experimento en su búsqueda del autoconocimiento.
In seven novels, dozens of essays and a collection of short stories, she explored her Jewish upbringing during apartheid and the ways women negotiate sexual desire.
His long run with that venerable character was the highlight of a career that also encompassed Spider-Man, Aquaman and best-selling “Star Trek” novels.
The Ritz Carlton; a decidedly unwhimsical Turkish inn.
Molly Jong-Fast’s unsparing account of her famous mother’s decline into dementia, and their life together, is just turning the tables.
In “Culture Creep,” Alice Bolin considers the connections between corporate thought control, femininity, pop culture and the computer age.
Bruce Handy’s history of teen movies ranges from Andy Hardy and James Dean to “Beach Blanket Bingo,” John Hughes, John Singleton and Katniss Everdeen.
Anelise Chen’s genre-bending book “Clam Down” sees an insightful metaphor in a text message typo.
In the memoir “How to Lose Your Mother,” Molly Jong-Fast recalls a tumultuous upbringing as the only child of the feminist writer Erica Jong.
In “The Gunfighters,” the journalist Bryan Burrough offers a lively look at the legends and myths of the Wild West.
Durante tres décadas, en la Escuela de Periodismo de Columbia, Sam Freedman ha animado a los estudiantes a probar las narraciones largas. Su amor exigente ha dado frutos.
Yael van der Wouden’s novel, shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, is the topic of this month’s discussion.
In June, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf’s classic novel about one day in the life of an London woman in 1923.
The writer Kathryn Schulz on losing her father at the same time as finding her life partner, and how to hold radically different feelings at once.
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
Our columnist reviews this month’s new horror novels.
In “The Spinach King,” John Seabrook recounts how his grandfather turned a family farm into an industrial behemoth, and exposes the greed and malfeasance behind the prosperous facade.
Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives?
Riding a wave of growing enthusiasm for reading, many bookstores and libraries have expanded their programming to let grown-ups in on the literary fun.
A boy unearths a treasure trove of adjectives, and a strange word discovered by a scholar becomes an overnight sensation.
Readers discuss the confrontation between President Trump and Harvard. Also: Standing up to Vladimir Putin; silencing authors; self-driving trucks.
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
“Plenty of people have heard of Sophie Irwin but many, many more people should,” says the author of “Daisy Jones & the Six” and, now, “Atmosphere.”
The best-selling author of “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” and “Daisy Jones and the Six” takes to the skies for her latest novel.
Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan authorities. He spent many prolific years in exile.
He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
In “Wild Thing,” Sue Prideaux draws on recently discovered source material, delivering an enthralling account of an artist whose life was as inventive as his art.
Giving up sex was both harder and more rewarding than I could have imagined.
Fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid and V.E. Schwab; a memoir of a year without sex; new thrillers from James Patterson and S.A. Cosby; and more.
In “Deep Breath,” by the Hungarian novelist Rita Halász, a woman flees her abusive husband in order to slowly regain her sanity, and her self.
Durante cuatro décadas, el autor chino Han Song ha explorado la manera en que lo impensable puede volverse realidad. Actualmente también se dedica a compartir en redes sociales todo sobre su salud.
Virginie Despentes is pivoting to theater. Playgoers “really show up, even for demanding or radical works,” she says.
Canada has a rich literary culture and many of its recent novelists have achieved international acclaim. See if you can match these five books to locations set within the country.
The writer Melissa Febos has a taste for extremes. Her new book, “The Dry Season,” chronicles a bold experiment in her search for self-knowledge.
A new biography of Tim O’Brien examines his formative time at war and the esteemed literary career that followed.
“Never Flinch” is a tale of stalkers and serial killers, with a strong dose of social critique.
In “Harmattan Season,” the search for a missing woman uncovers a scheme that could change the fate of an occupied city in West Africa.
In his stories, Han Song explores the disorientation accompanying China’s modernization, sometimes writing of unthinkable things that later came true.
An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language.
We have a list from an editor of the Book Review.
Edward St. Aubyn returns with a wide-ranging narrative anchored by a schizophrenic patient.
In Darrow Farr’s novel, “The Bombshell,” a spoiled French teenager comes to realize her social-justice-minded captors have a point.
If HBO’s zombie drama has you craving more postapocalyptic action, these books have got you covered.
In “The South,” a Malaysian man recalls the life-changing period he spent on his family’s dilapidated farm when he was a teenager.
Madonna, Scorsese, Warhol and “Piss Christ” play roles in Paul Elie’s maybe-too-comprehensive look at how divisive expressions of faith came to the fore.
For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives. His brand of tough love has paid dividends.
I have many guy friends. Why don’t we hang out more?
In a new collection, Etgar Keret offers tales of humanity in the strangest of circumstances.
The prolific fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series, infused his writing with empathy and humor. Here’s where to start.
Life-threatening complications changed how I prayed and everything I believed.
Her book “Against Our Will” argued that rape was a crime of power and violence, not passion; it led to laws that made it easier to prosecute rapists.
Florida in the early 1960s; California in the mid-1980s.
We could never really be sure who he was. Maybe that was the point.
In her entrancing, disturbing “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,” Barbara Demick traces the wildly divergent paths of twins born in China under the one-child rule.
Abandoned by both her mother and a really bad ex, the 25-year-old narrator of “Gingko Season” avoids her own traumas by focusing on grand historical ones.
In the novel “Consider Yourself Kissed,” a wife and mother faces many of the same hurdles in 2016 that women did decades ago.
In his latest novel, “The Living and the Rest,” José Eduardo Agualusa takes readers to a literary festival in Africa where novelists’ characters come to life.
Los poderosos de la tecnología y la extrema derecha mundial están aprendiendo todas las lecciones equivocadas de “El señor de los anillos”.
His Holocaust novel “King of the Jews” was widely praised. He also wrote about his show-business family and taught writing at Boston University.
The lauded cartoonist talks about the process behind her autobiographical new graphic novel, “Spent.”
The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.
A book the CNN host co-wrote has received positive reviews and appears to be a sales hit. But it has also generated intense scrutiny of him and his work.
Tech power players and the global far-right are learning all the wrong lessons from “The Lord of the Rings.”
In “Murder in the Dollhouse,” Rich Cohen tells the story of Jennifer Dulos — and our queasy fascination.
You don’t need to be on the sand to enjoy these novels. You just need a certain willingness to be swiftly transported.
In the work of artists I admire, all the training and discipline come out in an act of letting go: a splotch of ink, a wayward wash of color.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.
Carlos Lozada and Aaron Retica on what two damning books on Biden reveal about the American presidency.
Looking for some fictional murder and mayhem? Our columnist is keeping track of the best crime novels of 2025.
“My favorite novel of all time” is an antidote to “Of Mice and Men,” he promises. His new book, “Anima Rising,” is a playful visit to 1911 Vienna.
Taylor Jenkins Reid heads to space, Megan Abbott climbs a pyramid (scheme) and Gary Shteyngart channels a 10-year-old. Plus queer vampires, a professor in hell and an actress’s revenge.
How did streetwear become high fashion? Why are there so many serial killers in the Pacific Northwest? Prize-winning writers tackle these questions, while memoirists consider celibacy, spycraft and Erica Jong.
In Chris Pavone’s new novel, “The Doorman,” the real world closes in on residents of a luxury apartment building.
They always wondered what it would be like to sleep together. By the time they were ready to find out, it was almost too late.
In “Whack Job,” Rachel McCarthy James finds a connection between self-reliance and brutality. And for the record, she’s not so sure Lizzie Borden did it.
Junji Ito’s art may feel eerily familiar, even if you’ve never read his books. His latest, “The Liminal Zone,” scares readers in all new ways.
The start-up Every centered its business model on artificial intelligence, and has raised $2 million from backers including Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn.
In the novel “Speak to Me of Home,” three generations of women in one family grapple with their identities.
The romance author Ashley Poston recommends books bursting with quaint charm, sizzling banter and plenty of heart.
Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp,” translated by Deepa Bhasthi, had received little notice in Britain or the United States before Tuesday. Now, it’s won the major award for translated fiction.
In “Bear Witness,” Ross Halperin tells the story of two men who went from idealists to pragmatists.
Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel, “Spent,” is a domestic comedy about ethical consumption under capitalism.
Madeleine Thien’s time-warping historical novel “The Book of Records” collapses centuries and geographies in an ambitious family saga.
First published in 1972, Rosalyn Drexler’s “To Smithereens” throws two vivid subcultures — and two unlikely lovers — into the ring.
At the Morgan Library, 15th-century illuminated atlases embody the medieval appetite for wonder and myth.
Now in its 25th year, The Dresden Files and its author have survived the darkness, fictional and otherwise.
So many books have inspired British costume dramas and this quiz gives you a chance to show how many you recognize.
Lauren Christensen, an editor at the New York Times Book Review, recommends four of her favorite audiobooks.
The beloved humor columnist looks back on a long career of wit and wisdom in a new memoir.
Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present complementary portraits of its notorious co-founder.
Our critic on the month’s best releases.
We asked creative professionals how they prepare for their gigs. Jeff Daniels says “budda-gudda” a lot.
When I was growing up in India, gods and religions seemed to be everywhere. But I needed to find faith my own way.
In the searing “Dirty Kitchen,” Jill Damatac tells the story of a fight for survival and culture in America.