All Books
- Q&A with Nicole Perlroth, author of ‘This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends’
Cyberattacks are increasingly disruptive to everyday life. New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth explains the future of digital war.
- Q&A with John Colapinto, author of ‘This Is the Voice’
“We are the planet’s most dominant species, and language gave us primacy,” says the author – and that’s just the beginning of what voices can do.
- A mother searches for the child she gave up as a teen in ‘The Kindest Lie’
Nancy Johnson’s debut novel “The Kindest Lie” is a well-crafted exploration of class, race, and culture; of motherhood; and of family ties.
- Bill Gates is energized by big challenges, especially climate change
In “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Bill Gates uses plain language to lay out the problem – and the technologies he believes are key to fixing it.
- An unlikely romance animates ‘The Girl from the Channel Islands’
During World War II, a young Jewish woman escapes Vienna for Britain's Channel Islands. Then the Nazis arrive.
- Ethan Hawke’s ‘A Bright Ray of Darkness’ draws on his acting career
Actor Ethan Hawke brings his own experiences to bear on a novel about a performer facing the challenges of a Broadway play and a failed marriage.
- From Bill Gates to MLK’s mother: Dig into the best books of February
The 10 best books of February include Bill Gates on climate change, and a biography of the mothers of MLK, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin.
- These 5 books by Black women are must-reads this month – and any month
Black women write themselves back into American history with five key books that bear witness to the complexities of their lives and identities.
- Q&A with with Judith Flanders, author of ‘A Place for Everything’
Alphabetical order may seem an inevitable way to organize the world. But things weren’t always like this – and indeed, might not be forever.
- Two women, one canoe, and 2,000 miles to the Arctic
After graduating from college, two friends set out to become the first women to paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada.
- A love story spins out across the space-time continuum
In ‘The Love Proof,’ a physicist sets out to demonstrate that a true connection persists beyond the here and now.
- ‘No Heaven for Good Boys’ tackles a family’s misplaced trust
In her fiction debut, Keisha Bush follows a group of boys caught up in the machinations of a corrupt religious teacher in Senegal.
- ‘Featherhood’ describes the ties that bind us to our fellow creatures
In his wry and moving memoir, Charlie Gilmour saves a magpie chick and discovers something in common with his absent father.
- ‘Dog Flowers’ traces a mother’s struggle and a daughter’s hope
In a memoir about family and identity, Danielle Geller uses her archival skills to create a portrait of her absent mother.
- Q&A with Michael Wood, author of ‘The Story of China’
China is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world, and its endurance is tied to the complex systems of order it has developed.
- Mozart did not consider himself a tortured genius
“Mozart: The Reign of Love” shows him as “fundamentally a happy man,” and rejects the depiction of him as a desperate, impoverished cult figure.
- Joan Didion commands the essay form in ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’
A collection of Didion's work showcases her evolution as a young writer and exhibits her preoccupation with understanding the world through writing.
- ‘American Baby’ focuses light on the dark history of US adoption
Gabrielle Glaser traces the changes in social attitudes toward motherhood and the rights of adopted children during the baby boom years.
- It’s never to late to change one’s life
Two 50-something women learn to pilot a craft along an English canal, finding reassessment and reinvention along the way in “The Narrowboat Summer.”
- The first drops in a deluge of ‘Great Gatsby’ adaptations
With the famous novel in the public domain as of January 2021, anyone can put out their own spin on the famous novel. But should they?