In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.
In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of myth-inflected reveries.
Susannah Cahalan traces the life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who made her husband’s coffee, tripped with him and helped break him out of jail.
In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.
These six books can help ease tensions.
The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.
In “Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.
Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.
Louise Hegarty’s novel, “Fair Play,” nods to classic 1920s detective fiction, with a twist.
“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.
In “Sister, Sinner,” Claire Hoffman tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Aimee Semple McPherson, whose mysterious life made headlines in the 1920s.
A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.
An initial sampling of reaction to the death of Pope Francis. Also: A books case before the Supreme Court; protecting our democracy.
Many blockbuster films were inspired by literature and this short quiz tests your knowledge about five of them.
In a guest essay, the comedian warns that we should see people for who they really are.
Parents in Maryland say they have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed.
Alexey Brodovitch, the transformative art director of Harper’s Bazaar, made one book, “Ballet,” a photographic landmark that has been reprinted for its 80th anniversary.
In a new collection, Lydia Millet casts a satirical eye on left-wing culture and its array of character types.
During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?
Drawn from her previously unpublished reflections on sessions with a therapist, “Notes to John” is at once slightly sordid and utterly fascinating.
R. Crumb’s underground comics were instrumental in shaping the counterculture of the 1960s and beyond, Dan Nadel shows in an exemplary new biography.
Dan Nadel’s “Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life” takes on the good, the bad, the ugly and the weird. Over punk rock vegetarian food, subject and writer compared notes.
The romance author Beth O’Leary recommends books that show off the trope at its best — playful, knowing, original and deliciously satisfying.
Marianne Faithfull was a star in her own right; Peggy Caserta was a hippie tastemaker. Their memoirs are riveting.
“The Great Gatsby” is important, of course, but it’s also all kinds of fun.
Todos, en algún momento, necesitamos un descanso. Personalidades del ámbito creativo nos comparten sus pequeñas alegrías para los días difíciles.
In his paean to another age, David Denby studies four icons who defined American culture in the second half of the 20th century.
Suleika Jaouad’s new book provides a master class in personal writing. Here’s why it’s a worthwhile habit — for everyone, not just English majors.
The stories in Marie-Helene Bertino’s new collection, “Exit Zero,” frolic in the nether zone between fantasy and reality.
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working with Mantel on the books.
Our community failed to resolve tension over L.G.B.T.Q.-themed books with the time-tested tools of straight talk, compromise and extending one another a little grace.
In a new book, the Broadway photographer Jenny Anderson captures the craft and camaraderie of making theater.
Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “El Niño” combines magical realism, climate fiction and coming-of-age sports tales.
Her best-selling romances have made her a new standard-bearer of the genre.
He wrote prolifically about various aspects of the arts and popular culture. But he kept his focus on jazz, celebrating its past while worrying about its future.
A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film “The Lady Vanishes.”
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In the 1960s and ’70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Thunderball.”
Readers can decide when “Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week.
In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring power of the Virgin of Fatima.
In his new book, “The Illegals,” Shaun Walker studies the Russian agents who worked deep undercover as Americans for decades.
Bernadette Peters, Dichen Lachman, Delia Ephron and more share their tiny joys for tough days.
She is one of many authors who lost their homes in January. “Surely,” she says, “readers would love nothing more than to send their favorite books to their favorite writers.”
An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley.
Heather McGowan’s novel “Friends of the Museum” takes place over a single, chaotic day in the lead-up to a Met-inspired costume gala.
En “America, América”, el historiador muestra cómo, a lo largo de cinco siglos, América del norte y América del sur se han moldeado mutuamente mediante la guerra, la conquista, la competencia y la cooperación.
A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin offers a fresh account of the region as an incubator of internationalism and commitment to the common good.
Nettie Jones made a splash in 1984 with her shockingly erotic novel “Fish Tales,” then fell into obscurity. A new edition has put her back in the spotlight.
From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author’s home nurtured his creativity. They’ll star at Christie’s June sales.
In Sean Hewitt’s novel, “Open, Heaven,” two isolated boys develop an intense, undefined relationship.
Schools run by the Defense Department removed books and made other changes in response to orders from President Trump and his secretary of defense.
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“What’s Left,” by Malcolm Harris, arrives at a particularly difficult time to consider anything beyond our immediate turmoil.
Two new books examine efforts to standardize English orthography and the pronouns at the heart of our culture wars, finding that spelling and usage have never conformed to any rules.
In “The Imagined Life,” a writer searches his home state and his buried memories for answers about his long-lost father.
In “I Seek a Kind Person,” Julian Borger tells the riveting story of seven children who escaped wartime Austria thanks to a British newspaper.
The bill, which applies to public and school libraries, is part of a national push by Republicans to crack down on content they consider inappropriate for children.
Readers object to the Naval Academy’s removal of books from its library. Also: Measles vaccines; cutting the E.P.A.; a cost to farmers; a plea to our leaders.
Test your knowledge of the best-selling books (so far) in 2025 and build a reading list along the way.
“Searches,” by Vauhini Vara, is both a memoir and a critical study of our digital selves.
In “Lower Than the Angels,” the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch traces two millenniums of libidinal frustration.
“The Proof of My Innocence” starts as a political whodunit but soon expands into a collage of literary genres.
Sayaka Murata’s novel “Vanishing World” envisions an alternate universe where artificial insemination is the global norm, and sex takes a back seat.
El nobel peruano era el novelista político más inteligente y consumado del mundo.
The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was the world’s savviest and most accomplished political novelist.
El novelista, quien recibió el galardón en 2010, transformó episodios de su vida personal en libros que resonaron mucho más allá de las fronteras de su país.
Mr. Vargas Llosa, who ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, transformed episodes from his personal life into books that reverberated far beyond the borders of his native country.
Austin Kelley gently lampoons high-minded magazines and the fragile men who work at them in his debut novel, “The Fact Checker.”
In the midst of ongoing war and protest, politicians and journalists explore the complexities of Jewish American responses to global and national conflicts.
Lindsay C. Gibson explica las exigencias de los padres “emocionalmente inmaduros”, el impacto que tiene en los hijos y el problema con el exceso de compasión.
He wrote extensively about the New York art scene in the 1960s and ’70s, then shifted to become a prominent street photographer.
Five years ago I decided to listen to “The Great Gatsby.” I haven’t stopped.
Laurent Binet’s novel “Perspective(s)” begins with an artist lying dead in a Florentine chapel.
The F.B.I. director saw sales of his book about the government’s “deep state” rise by nearly 800 percent after Mayor Eric Adams lavished praise on it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece has left an enduring mark on American culture.
A mythical lion cub stuck in the modern world must harness the power of stories to save his family and return home.
In “Precious Rubbish,” Kayla E. turns to midcentury children’s comics to help tell her shattering story.
“Poet in the New World” introduces readers to the often overlooked early work of the Polish master Czeslaw Milosz.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
“Existential Bread,” a book by the poet and amateur baker Jim Franks, is only sort of about bread.
The butterflies’ resilience shows that some species are capable of adapting to dramatic changes in climate, food availability and urban development.
Interested in dipping your toe into the genre? The author Leigh Bardugo recommends books that can get you started.
Jon Hickey’s book imagines a cutthroat campaign for control of a Native American reservation.
In “The Six,” Steven Schwankert tells an amazing story of survival, slander and mystery.
“City of Fiction,” a novel by Yu Hua, follows a man on a search for his missing wife amid bandits and warlords.
He bounced back big time with editorships at Spy and Vanity Fair, a glamorous life he details in a new memoir.
Four half siblings balance the mundane (internships) and the terrifying (internment) in Kevin Nguyen’s “Mỹ Documents.”
Featuring a Depression-era private eye, “Shadow Ticket” will be the 87-year-old writer’s first book since 2013.
Limón has been on a mission to help Americans experience the full range of human emotion.
Peter Godwin, who has seen death up close a few times over the course of his life, examines grief and belonging in a new memoir, “Exit Wounds.”
A new book by the historian Quinn Slobodian examines right-wing figures who have positioned themselves as populist critics of neoliberalism while weaponizing some of its founders’ ideas.
In an era of loneliness, friends are more important than ever. How do we find, and keep, these connections?
Our columnist on the month’s best releases.
The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin.
In over a dozen books, he explored the failures of journalism and the internet, blaming capitalism and calling for the nationalization of Facebook and Google.
The nominees for the translated fiction award “don’t shut down debate, they generate it,” said the author Max Porter, who leads the judging panel.
“Authority,” a new collection of reviews and essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Andrea Long Chu, showcases her smarts, humor and contempt.
In “Our Beautiful Boys,” Sameer Pandya uses an altercation at a teen party to stage an urgent conversation about race, gender, parenthood and more.
A new biography and film about Yoko Ono offer more opportunities to assess her contributions to culture. Two pop music critics debate if they’re worthy of their subject.
In her new book, “Miracles and Wonder,” Elaine Pagels tries to find the man behind the faith.
In a fizzy joint memoir, Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo capture what it was like to create a popular podcast for fellow superfans — and how they kept it going even after breaking up.
In her new book, “The Ideological Brain,” the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod outlines what makes some people prone to rigid thinking.
In this affectionate if sometimes off-key novel, a would-be rock star confronts the family drama behind her mother’s brief, blazing career.
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J.P. Donleavy clocks the absurdities of human conduct in his satirical advice guide, “The Unexpurgated Code.”
From scathing satires of wealth to murder mysteries set at luxe resorts, these novels are sure to scratch that Mike White itch.
Chris Whipple offers an insiders’ account of a disastrous political campaign.
Katie Kitamura’s thrilling new novel, “Audition,” examines the performances we put on for others — and exposes the shams that underpin them.
He wrote influential books exploring the dramatic changes wrought by independence, bringing in overlooked perspectives — what he called “a collision of histories.”
Among many other accomplishments, he illustrated a scholarly work on the history of comic books and wrote record reviews in four-panel comic-strip form.
He reported on the highs and lows of culture in the pages of Vanity Fair and elsewhere. He also wrote seven books of nonfiction and two novels.
Nan Shepherd’s meditative book on the great outdoors is an inspiring guide to stepping away from comforts and routine.
In Lynn Steger Strong’s new novel, “The Float Test,” one semi-estranged family is forced to come back together amid a crisis.
Paige DeSorbo chose her own path, conquering reality television, becoming an influencer and starting a hit podcast. Now she’s written a book.
“Thrilled to Death” collects many of Lynne Tillman’s spiky short stories, where dreams tell the truth and glamour mingles with the mundane.
En su nuevo libro, Hoppus detalla la turbulenta historia de la banda y contempla su propia mortalidad con gracia y buen humor.
A collection of autobiographical sketches; a complicated Japanese mystery.
In “The Thinking Machine,” the journalist Stephen Witt tries to figure out what the Nvidia C.E.O. Jensen Huang sees in the future of artificial intelligence.
In “Tongues,” Anders Nilsen takes the story of Prometheus and sets it in the modern world.
Our critic on the month’s best releases.
“Liquid: A Love Story” and “Paradise Logic” follow young women searching for love, while commenting on the state of modern romance.
Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his story.
Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and books on the Holocaust were among the works removed in response to an order from the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
She wrote for many ages, from picture books to young adult fiction. Her children led her to create a series of books about two pigs named Oliver and Amanda.
The Irish writer’s new novel, “Twist,” is a shipboard adventure about the ragtag crews who repair ruptured information cables deep in the ocean.
“Only men understand the secret fears that go with the territory of masculinity,” he wrote. His message resonated: His book “Fire in the Belly” was a best seller.
In “Children of Radium,” Joe Dunthorne explores the absurdity of family histories and his own clan’s complicated past.
Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander’s “J vs. K.”
Christopher Lasch’s “The Revolt of the Elites” anticipated the resentments of ordinary Americans that have led inexorably to Trumpism.
T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.”
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The band’s singer and bassist recounts his personal struggles and the dramatic ins and outs of the trio’s history in a new memoir, “Fahrenheit-182.”
It’s called “Doggerel” for a reason: “These are poems that speak to everyone, that pun and riff and make fun of themselves a bit as they reveal something about the world.”
Charges of antisemitism and liberal bias, and dismay over cuts to the opera budget, have led to a small mutiny at Chautauqua Institution. And this was after the attack on Salman Rushdie.
He wrote from Europe and Asia, served as a book critic and produced a raft of books, on subjects ranging from the French condition to multiculturalism.
Whether you're looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what is acceptable when trying to increase book sales.
In the mayor’s first comments after a judge ordered corruption charges against him dropped, he urged New Yorkers to read a book by the Trump administration’s F.B.I. director.
In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life.
Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the outer limits of influence.
In Ariel Courage’s novel, “Bad Nature,” a powerful career woman sets out on a road trip intending to kill her father.
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the “parents’ revolution” on smartphones that his book “The Anxious Generation” has started.
Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure.
In “Sad Tiger,” the French author Neige Sinno analyzes her memories of being abused as a child, alongside literature about incest and pedophilia.
In “The Usual Desire to Kill,” Camilla Barnes finds the humor in a daughter’s aggravating visits to her aging parents at their run-down home in rural France.
As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict.