In articles and books, he wrote about the rapid racial, political and economic changes that transformed his state — and the South as a whole.
David French and the Supreme Court justice discuss how the ideals of 1776 shaped — and strain — the country today.
Revisiting “Pride and Prejudice” from Mary Bennet’s point of view, “The Other Bennet Sister” from BritBox offers a different type of onscreen heroine.
In a new book, the journalist Suzy Hansen plumbs an Istanbul community for insights into Turkey’s hard-right turn.
Our columnist on the month’s standout books.
Until now, in a new memoir that has Siri Hustvedt writing about the highs, lows and late-life tragedies of their glamorous literary marriage.
The best-selling author Fonda Lee recommends fantasy and science fiction novels with older, wiser, absolutely epic heroes.
After 42 years of slavery, Josiah Henson escaped to Canada, where he wrote a memoir, founded a school and led others to freedom. But his home long bore the name “Uncle Tom,” to the offense of many.
Changes at a famous French publishing house tell us a lot about the world we live in now.
Yolaine Díaz, a fashion and beauty writer for People en Español, and her mother were killed in the blaze at an apartment building in Inwood, People magazine said.
The class-action lawsuit accuses the tech giant and its founder and chief executive of infringing on authors’ copyrights.
I use A.I. all the time to help me diagnose and treat my patients. I also know where it falls short.
“The Family Man,” by the novelist and poet James Lasdun, brings a literary voice and elaborate detail to a case that gripped the nation.
Partly inspired by her life, Harriet Clark’s “The Hill” portrays a young girl navigating between her beloved mother’s jail cell and the world outside.
“Riverwork,” by Lisa Robertson, considers the lost history of the Bièvre and the lives of working women once linked to it.
In a new novel told in interlinked stories, Dylan Landis revisits a dauntless family she has written about since 2009.
Séamas O’Reilly’s new novel is a boisterous sendup of “prestige” media and its distortion of Northern Ireland’s complex past.
The prize board called the playwright Bess Wohl’s work “a striking blend of comedy and sincerity.”
“We the People,” by Jill Lepore, won the history prize, and Daniel Kraus received the fiction prize for “Angel Down.”
Try this short quiz on books that arrived after their authors departed.
In a new book, Siri Hustvedt recalls her life with the writer Paul Auster and the story of his illness.
“The Things We Never Say” leaves behind Crosby, Maine, for Massachusetts, where a middle-aged history teacher discovers a long-buried family secret.
In the powerful and surprising “John of John,” Douglas Stuart sends a young art student back home to a family he thought he’d left behind.
Her new memoir, “True Crime,” traces how she survived a Southern Gothic upbringing to emerge as one of the world’s most famous thriller writers.
Kathryn Stockett’s prodigious second novel, “The Calamity Club,” brings together an unlikely group of spinsters, sex workers and orphans in Depression-era Mississippi.
It was a blockbuster hit, yet she says she was “fired” by her publisher. After a spell in Bali, she’s back on home turf with “The Calamity Club.”
President Trump plans to build a park along the Potomac River featuring life-size statues of 250 Americans.
In “The Successor,” the exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman tells the story of a charming Russian politician who might have made his country into a liberal democracy.
In her memoir “Backtalker,” Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw shows how personal trauma spurred her influential and controversial ideas about race and gender.
The brutal assassin’s skull logo later took on new life as a political symbol. Mr. Conway was also responsible for the death of Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker’s love interest.
From Oprah to romantasy, we look back at two decades of hit books and literary trends.
Need a Mother’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.
Eleven-year-old Genya plays the pretending game as she crams for an art school entrance exam in Chernobyl’s wake.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In three U.S. cities, a new production of the playwright’s cabdriver drama “Jitney” will be imported from Italy.
“When I love something, I urgently must put it in someone’s hands,” says the novelist, whose new “Last Night in Brooklyn” is an ode to old-style friendship.
Our columnist on the month’s best new books.
High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence.
Benjamin Hale’s book “Cave Mountain” connects the brief disappearance of his cousin in 2001 to a grisly true-crime story in 1978.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial before stopping by an urban farm, the New York Public Library, a business event and a gala.
On Wednesday, the Queen of England presented the New York Public Library with a bespoke replica of Roo, the smallest companion of the Bear of Very Little Brain.
The worldly men of the cloth in Héctor Abad’s new novel find divinity both inside and outside the church.
The literary food magazine Cake Zine celebrated a savory special issue.
In “Prophecy,” Carissa Véliz explores how generative A.I. relies on prediction, enriching Big Tech while making the rest of us less safe.
Novels by Matt Haig, Elizabeth Strout and Carley Fortune; explosive true crime; immersive new fantasy; essays by David Sedaris; and more.
In “Japanese Gothic,” a 21st-century college student and a 19th-century samurai find themselves occupying the same house.
Irreverent tributes filled with unvarnished truths and funny anecdotes, which run counter to more somber traditional obituaries, have gained attention for “how alive they feel,” a researcher said.
In “Project Maven,” Katrina Manson shows us how close we are to artificial intelligence picking targets and dropping bombs without human input.
The German writer Wolfgang Koeppen’s postwar trilogy crackles with life and unsparing details of a broken society.
Declared a national living treasure in 1997, he wrote poetry and short stories but was best known for his nine novels, including “The Great World.”
Try this quick trivia challenge and celebrate the world of poetry.
What the rise of A.I. and the gutting of books coverage across U.S. media will mean for literature.
A new book by Jayne Anne Phillips, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, recalling her childhood is a bittersweet triumph.
The nonfiction and novels we can’t stop thinking about.
The music journalist Bob Spitz, a keeper of numerous rock ’n’ roll flames, has turned out a colorful and authoritative new take on a much-documented band.
Our columnist on the month’s best new books.
A middle-aged novelist sifts through memories of growing up in New Jersey in Tom Perrotta’s frustratingly formulaic book.
In her engaging, sympathetic book “Like, Follow, Subscribe,” the journalist Fortesa Latifi digs into growing up in the spotlight.
Jordan Harper knows the entertainment industry from the inside out. His new novel, “A Violent Masterpiece,” holds nothing back.
Estos seis libros pueden ayudar a aliviar tensiones.
What moving deadlines — and red lines — in Iran means for America’s leverage.
In her engaging, lyrical “Homesick for a World Unknown,” Miriam Horn tells the story of the famed naturalist George Schaller.
It’s National Poetry Month! Greg Cowles, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends some poetry books while writing poems with fridge magnets.
“If you tell me eight o’clock,” the film and martial arts star said, “I will be there 10 or 15 minutes before and wait.”
The translator Daniel Hahn makes the case that Shakespeare can be appreciated “even if we don’t hear a single one of his words.”
In “The Radiant Dark,” life is upended after humanity receives a signal from a distant planet. But extraterrestrial contact takes a back seat to more earthly problems.
The protagonist of this debut novel wants to get her bathroom upgraded. It becomes a portal to a Turkish prison cell instead.
In May, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Lerner’s new novel, a cerebral exploration of technology, family, truth and existence.
In these books, an emperor, an officer and an orphan look for anything that resembles a clear victory in the fog of war.
In his chatty, compulsively readable first book for adults, Mac Barnett champions his career choice and urges our culture to hold kids in higher esteem.
Now you can join Matthew McConaughey, Ada Limón, David Sedaris and other luminaries in bringing these lines to life. You’ll never look at the night sky the same way again.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The best-selling author Kelly Yang recommends mysteries set in Tinseltown, from the down and dirty to the deliciously dishy.
Writers have been pondering the sky for centuries, but this poem helps us feel a little less solitary. Brush up on its last lines today, and tomorrow we’ll talk about the whole thing.
Our columnist says Jordan Harper’s “A Violent Masterpiece” is just that: a violent masterpiece.
In “Israel: What Went Wrong?,” Omer Bartov charts how a nation founded in the wake of trauma abandoned the emancipatory impulse of its origins.
It helps to be a little heartsick — and the best poet of your time. Our weeklong poetry challenge continues, including W.H. Auden himself reading “The More Loving One.”
In a host of books and articles, he attacked conventional ideas on subjects including the battle of the sexes and the usefulness of high school math.
At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national anniversaries — and whether historians can give it to them.
In “The Palm House,” Gwendoline Riley offers understated yet cleareyed observations of human behavior — this time about middle-aged Londoners struggling to stay relevant.
“How It Feels to Be Alive,” by Megan O’Grady, blends criticism with personal history to explore how and why art affects us.
In Sophie Mackintosh’s novel “Permanence,” cheating couples find themselves in an alternate world free of complication — and missing the mess.
In short, everything. Today, learn the second stanza, which gives us the poem’s most memorable phrase: “Let the more loving one be me.” Practice this line, and the others, with help from our game.
Film adaptations often vary from their original source material, and this short quiz challenges you to identify certain words on the screen that were not in the novel.
The eight letters by the 19th-century Romantic poet to his fiancée, Fanny Brawne, were taken decades ago from a Whitney family estate on Long Island.
Al confirmar la ubicación precisa de la casa de William Shakespeare en Blackfriars, una académica británica plantea nuevas preguntas sobre qué pretendía hacer con ella.
A new biography of Jan Morris shows why the journalist, world traveler, historian and essayist was far more than a trailblazer.
The autobiographical novella, first published 50 years ago, arguably created a new type of guy: the literary fly fisherman.
La era de “Girls” acabó hace tiempo. Pero su creadora aún tiene mucho que decir y enseñarnos.
It’s about love, the cosmos and everything in between. And all week we’ll have games and readings by poets laureate, beloved authors and an Oscar winner to help you memorize it.
La obra de Broadway sobre el autor británico de libros populares como ‘Matilda’ o ‘Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate’ se basa en los comentarios de Dahl a lo largo de los años.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.
In “This Vast Enterprise,” Craig Fehrman refreshes a familiar story with a rich chorus of voices.
En “Famesick”, su segundo libro de memorias, Dunham explora, con detalles ingeniosos y desgarradores, los estragos de la fama temprana y de vivir con una enfermedad crónica.
Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.
In “How to Be a Dissident,” Gal Beckerman offers an inspiring tour of famous renegades with lessons for the rabble-rousers of today.
Test your knowledge, before or after reading T’s Culture issue.
The actor shares his favorite performances, films, meals and more.
Literature’s great B-sides, from “Romola” to “Between the Acts.”
Childhood stories that shape how we understand the world.
Three protagonists who changed how postwar U.S. thought of itself.
Six myths that remain essential to understanding literature and the human psyche.
Dua Lipa, Bernardine Evaristo and others share what to read over a lifetime.
Writers pick the classic and contemporary novels you must read from each country.
Fiction that shows what it means to create art amid crisis.
The Book Review editors discuss Solvej Balle’s seven-book series, “On the Calculation of Volume.” Plus, a selection of translated fiction to put on your reading list.
The British author Gwendoline Riley may be as emotionally guarded as the women in her novels, which have caught on in America.
The era of “Girls” is long gone. So why are we still so fascinated by its creator?
The author of “A Wolf Called Wander” recommends titles old and new, fantastical and true, that celebrate the natural world.
Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.
Our columnist reviews this season’s new books.
The institution will feature five of the beloved author’s collage-based books in a series of interactive exhibits meant to engage children.
Current members of the museum have created a show that draws from, and comments on, the institution’s curious collections.
Gov. Gavin Newsom offered supporters who gave any amount a copy of his book. Roughly 67,000 donors received the memoir, accounting for roughly two-thirds of its total print sales.
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In 1984, Jay McInerney was a famous, young, hedonistic novelist. Now 71, he is wistful as he wraps up his tetralogy about a couple whose city, and marriage, are tested by the pandemic.
Both authors share uncanny similarities of upbringing. But their culinary paths diverged sharply.
Julia Langbein’s novel considers the legions of women whose lives have been forever marred by compromising early relationships.
The U.S. poet laureate’s new book, “Transient Worlds,” collects 23 poems in 13 languages to show the many ways a work can be translated.
Through accounts of relatives and direct witnesses, Adriana E. Ramírez examines a pivotal, and brutal, period of history.
In confirming the precise location of William Shakespeare’s Blackfriars house, a British scholar raises fresh questions about what he intended to do with it.
“I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which became a best seller, detailed her years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.
Experts share the literature that has helped them cope with death, illness and despair.
Nelio Biedermann, un estudiante de apenas 22 años, ha sido comparado con Thomas Mann gracias a “Lázár”, su arrolladora saga familiar.
A revival of “Death of a Salesman” comes as the “Zionist consensus” is openly fracturing.
People are usually surprised when I admit that I love A.I.
In a new book, Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue that Elon Musk’s disruptive approach to business is transforming both politics and the economy.
In “Rasputin,” the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina’s mystic adviser.
Nicholas Enrich’s tell-all memoir, “Into the Wood Chipper,” has advice for others caught between their conscience and their government.
This gripping historical fiction will transport you to the doomed ship and back to land.
Durante décadas, un estudio fotográfico en Londres tomo las fotos de pasaporte de algunas de las personalidades más importantes de su época.
Solvej Balle’s cult hit series about a woman trapped in a time loop continues with a fourth volume.
The long-running economics show on NPR is mining whimsical product experiments for content (and revenue) in a financially challenging environment.
This unusually unfiltered memoir takes us to the hospital, to therapy and to the sometimes hostile set of “Girls.”
In “RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise,” a New York Post reporter paints an intimate portrait of the Kennedy scion and cabinet member.
A new history by Jonathan Cheng argues that an influx of missionaries in the late 19th century profoundly shaped the ruling Kim family dynasty.
Jim Windolf’s new book, “Where the Music Had to Go,” traces the influence of Dylan on the Beatles and the Beatles on Dylan.
(It’s about poetry. And you’ll love it.)
Tucker Carlson Books, a joint venture between Carlson’s media company and Skyhorse Publishing, will put out books by Russell Brand, Milo Yiannopoulos and more.
Try this short quiz on memorably snarky retorts and observations from five literary works.
Jay McInerney has written about the literary party boy Russell Calloway once a decade since the 1990s. He returns in the Covid novel “See You on the Other Side.”
Nameless no more, writers for The Economist are mixing it up on video from its studio in London.
“Go Gentle” throws together art heists, sexual assault and a coven of middle-aged divorcées on the Upper West Side.
Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon both lost loved ones to the conflict in the Middle East. In “The Future Is Peace,” they look for hope and understanding.
Just 22 and still a student, Nelio Biedermann has been compared to Thomas Mann thanks to “Lázár,” his sweeping family saga.
“Lázár,” by Nelio Biedermann, is a multigenerational novel that spans the collapse of a monarchy, two world wars and a revolution.
In 10 minutes or less, this mom-and-pop London institution produced stylish snapshots for some of the world’s biggest stars.
As “the first nerd to enter poker,” he helped transform a game long ruled by intuition into one based on game theory, probability and logic.
What can we learn from April, a month of contradictions that never cleanly resolve themselves?