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Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters

A meandering manifesto illustrates the challenges of building cultural criticism on big reading and decadent contrariness.

5 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Dead White,’ by Wendy S. Walters

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Pandemic Architecture,’ by Penny Hardy

Penny Hardy photographed the restaurant sheds that cropped up across the city in 2020. Only a fraction of them remain today.

9 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Pandemic Architecture,’ by Penny Hardy

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Bogland,’ by Merritt R. Turetsky

In “Bogland,” Merritt R. Turetsky argues for the importance of that least glamorous of terrains, the bog.

10 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Bogland,’ by Merritt R. Turetsky

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Licorice,’ by Kara LaReau

In Kara LaReau’s “Licorice,” a shelter kitten adopted by a boy named Max is tormented by the lingering presence of her recently departed predecessor.

11 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Licorice,’ by Kara LaReau

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Books Our Editors Love This Week

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Books Our Editors Love This Week

NYT Books and Literature

Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx

A charter school named for Earl Monroe is dedicating a new building, which features a basketball-and-book-themed mural.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx