Books
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Love the Sinner. Or Maybe Just Kill Him.
Our crime columnist reviews new novels by Andrey Kurkov, Kristen Perrin and others.
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How Not to Think Like a Fascist
In his latest book, the prolific British psychoanalyst Adam Phillips promotes curiosity, improvisation and conflict as antidotes to the deadening…
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’
In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their…
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In These Graphic Novels, Something Is Horribly Amiss
Circus tigers, giant spiders, shifting borders and motherhood all threaten to end life as we know it in comics this…
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This Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.
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Gin, Lipstick and Cigarettes: Inside a Glamorous Midcentury Divorce Ranch
“The Divorcées” whisks readers to a ranch in Reno, where unhappy wives once stayed to establish Nevada residency so they…
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Without Senators in Sight, Christine Blasey Ford Retells Her Story
Her lucid memoir, “One Way Back,” describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted…
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‘Rear Window’ Redux, With a Blind Girl Twist
In Armando Lucas Correa’s thriller “The Silence in Her Eyes,” vision impairment only enhances a young woman’s sense of neighborly…
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She’s an A.I. Sex Robot, and She’s Becoming Sentient
Sierra Greer’s debut novel, “Annie Bot,” explores questions of misogyny and toxic masculinity by following a pleasure robot that begins…
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7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.