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Helen Vendler, ‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90

2 Books That Capture New York

Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

Simon & Schuster Turns 100 With a New Owner and a Sense of Optimism

Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97

Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sylvia Plath’s Papers to Vintage Matchbooks

7 New Books We Recommend This Week

Did We Get the Joke? Thousands of You Had Some Thoughts.

Don Winslow Is Ready to Trade His Pen for a Protest Sign

Molly on Philosophy for Kids and British Suspense for Adults

Reimagining Real Lives in the Best New Historical Fiction

Writing a Book About Grief Isn’t Always Cathartic

What Is Your Favorite Funny Novel? Tell Us.

22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’

Kate Zambreno Takes Issue With What Counts as ‘Literature’

A Food Writer Whose Essays Go Heavy on the Salt and Fire

He Played the Victim. It Earned Him Attention, Success and a Lot of Trouble.

A Bee’s-Eye View of the World

A Love-Addled Apple Farmer, Inseparable Sisters and Other Fictional Heroes of Massachusetts

A Move to England Led Armistead Maupin Back to ‘Tales of the City’

No One Has Ever Read Genesis Like This

A Modern-Day Persephone, Seduced by Opioids and Wealth

Inspired by a Real Mystery, This Novel Skewers the Art World

An Amnesiac Pieces Together a Life From Strangers’ Stories

A Fresh Look at a Sensational 1843 Murder Case and Its Fallout

Two Lives Intertwined, on Both Sides of the Camera

Two Books About Lovable Unlikable People

Tana French’s Moody, Mesmerizing New Thriller

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Comedy Gold

Kate DiCamillo Says ‘Paying Attention Is a Way to Love the World’

15 New Books Coming in March

In a Novelist’s Hands, a Herstory of England Is Delicious — but Not Sweet

Some of the Best Bards Were Women

Kirsten Bakis’s Long-Awaited Second Novel Is a Busy Gothic Noir

Is America All-Knowing and All-Powerful? Yes, Thought Saddam Hussein.

Sold Into a Brothel at 15, a Japanese Girl Finds Strength in Words

Confronting What It Means to Be Black in America Through Faith and Art

Cosmically Connected in a Journey From Deep Sea to Deep Space

‘My Beloved Life’ Traces India’s History Through a Father’s Watchful Eye

Brontez Purnell Insists on Phoning Writers He Admires

‘Poor Things,’ the Weird Movie, Was a Weird Novel First

A Love Song to His Roots

How to Speak New York

When a Teen Was Shot Dead, the Tragedy for This Author Was Personal

Four New Books in Translation Test the Bounds of Reality

She’s a Social Media Influencer’s Assistant, and She’s Spiraling

‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa

This Novel Is So Bonkers, It Needs Three Narrators

Writer, Mother, Ex-Wife: Leslie Jamison Is a Self in ‘Splinters’

The Filmmaker Ed Zwick Likes Books He Can’t Imagine as Movies