Books
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Gabriel García Márquez’s Last Book Is an Unsatisfying Goodbye
“Until August” is a “rediscovered” novel that the Colombian master wrote as his memory began failing.
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Feathers Fly When Visiting This ‘Henhouse’
A brief volume of Elspeth Barker’s writings shows off the late novelist’s ability to soothe, shock and find the humor…
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He Played the Victim. It Earned Him Attention, Success and a Lot of Trouble.
In Andrew Boryga’s debut novel, a young writer creates a career for himself by exaggerating, or sometimes completely manufacturing, stories…
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A Coming-of-Age Tale From the World of London High Finance
In “The Trading Game,” Gary Stevenson spills secrets of the City.
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A Food Writer Whose Essays Go Heavy on the Salt and Fire
IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury, by Geraldine DeRuiter Geraldine DeRuiter, the pungent voice…
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Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Erasure,’ by Percival Everett
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | How to Listen It’s not often that the Academy Awards give the publishing world…
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This Debut Novel Is a Wondrous Babel of Ideas and Language
In “The Extinction of Irena Rey,” a writer goes missing and her translators give pursuit — until things get weird.
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Joe Biden: The Eras Tour
What we think is a question of age may be a matter of style.
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A Bee’s-Eye View of the World
In WHAT THE BEES SEE: The Honeybee and Its Importance to You and Me (Chronicle, $40), Craig P. Burrows’s ultraviolet-lit…