Take a Deep Breath. If You Dare.

In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs.

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Teju Cole Knows His New Novel Resembles Autofiction. Please Don’t Be Tempted.

“Tremor,” his first novel in over a decade, is set in Massachusetts and Lagos, and came from a desire to capture the last moments of a pre-Covid world.

Anderson Tepper | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Some Prefer Lab Coats.

In “Foreign Bodies,” Simon Schama studies pandemics past and present, and how much — and little — we have learned.

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The Days Were Long and the Years Were Longer

In her new memoir, “The Light Room,” Kate Zambreno looks back on the unending togetherness of family life during the pandemic. Eleanor Henderson | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Steph Catudals Memoir Is Actually Two Books Woven Together

When her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer, the author was haunted by a long-ago loss — one she’d already written about. BY ELISABETH EGAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Walkers in the City

During the pandemic, the New York Times architecture critic, Michael Kimmelman, toured parts of New York on foot with architects, urban planners and other experts. His book “The Intimate City” is a record of what they saw.

BY ROBERT SULLIVAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Keep Baking That Sourdough, and Change the World

Lockdown has reminded David Sax that “The Future Is Analog.” At least for people a lot like him.

BY ALEXANDRA JACOBS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Scientists Knew More About Covid-19 Than We Think. And They Still Do.

In “Breathless,” David Quammen explores the predictable lead-up to the global Covid pandemic, and the frantic, belated attempts to stop it.

By MICHAEL SIMS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Through a Recession and a Pandemic, the Book Business Is Thriving in Buenos Aires

The Argentine capital has always been interested in books. When the big chain stores went out of business, booksellers found a way to keep residents reading.

By DANIEL POLITI | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

The Problem With the Pandemic Plot

BY ALEXANDRA ALTER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Two Children’s Books Offer Hope for the Environment

BY HELEN SCALES | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Has the Pandemic Changed Cities Forever?

BY KATE ASCHER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Can American Democracy Survive Another Pandemic?

BY ROBERT E. RUBIN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

New Books That Look at the Pandemic and Its Consequences

BY KAT ESCHNER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

‘A Publisher’s Worst Nightmare’: How Cuomo’s Book Became a Cautionary Tale

BY ALEXANDRA ALTER AND ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Michael Wolff on Donald Trump’s Last Days (for Now)

BY NICHOLAS LEMANN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Does a Writer Ever Get Cozy on the Best-Seller List? Bessel van der Kolk Says No.

BY ELISABETH EGAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Reliving a Year of Death, as Havoc Reigned in the White House

BY JENNIFER SZALAI | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

In Covid’s Early Days, Her Loss Resonated. She Hopes Her Hope Does, Too.

BY KATHERINE ROSMAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Meet the Pandemic’s Newest Doctors, Who Quickly Became Pros

BY SANDEEP JAUHAR | NYTimes Books | Disclosure