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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.

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

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

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

A new biography argues that the artist famous for haunting canvases of solitary figures in late-night diners was deeply influenced by his times.

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

Emmanuel Carrère’s latest book combines a nuanced portrait of his formidable mother with a meditation on the fraught nature of truth.

For her follow-up to “Lessons in Chemistry,” she’s written a novel about poetry editors, one of whom is a “typeface connoisseur.” On the other hand, don’t get her started on clowns.

The best-selling author John Scalzi recommends his favorite alien thrillers, mad scientist tales and an intergalactic spin on “Moby Dick.”

Alexander Maksik’s new novel explores the bonds and strains of a father-daughter relationship amid a developing crisis.