NYT Books

Our columnist reviews this season’s new books.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.

In “This Vast Enterprise,” Craig Fehrman refreshes a familiar story with a rich chorus of voices.

In “How to Be a Dissident,” Gal Beckerman offers an inspiring tour of famous renegades with lessons for the rabble-rousers of today.

The British author Gwendoline Riley may be as emotionally guarded as the women in her novels, which have caught on in America.

Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.

This unusually unfiltered memoir takes us to the hospital, to therapy and to the sometimes hostile set of “Girls.”

Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.

Our columnist reviews this season’s new books.

The writer, actor and lightning rod is not done sharing yet.