Book Review: ‘Trudeau & Doonesbury,’ by Joshua Kendall Image Date Monday, May 25, 2026 - 3:03 AM Description A new biography of Garry Trudeau tracks the rise of a comic strip that brought counterculture and political opinions to the funny pages.
Book Review: ‘America, U.S.A.,’ by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Image Date Monday, May 25, 2026 - 3:00 AM Description In “America, U.S.A.,” Eddie Glaude Jr. looks back at the country’s past anniversaries with skepticism and pain.
Book Review: ‘Dekonstructing the Kardashians,’ by MJ Corey Image Date Sunday, May 24, 2026 - 10:03 AM Description In “Dekonstructing the Kardashians,” MJ Corey takes America’s most famous TV clan seriously.
Book Review: ‘The Danger to Be Sane,’ by Rosa Montero Image Date Saturday, May 23, 2026 - 10:41 AM Description In “The Danger to Be Sane,” the journalist Rosa Montero delves into the connections between psychic turbulence and creative work — including her own.
Book Review: ‘The Land and Its People,’ by David Sedaris Date Friday, May 22, 2026 - 3:00 AM Description In David Sedaris’s wry new collection, being alive is as weird, atrocious, contradictory, unfair and funny as ever.
Books Our Editors Loved This Week Date Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 12:00 PM Description Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘On Witness and Respair,’ by Jesmyn Ward Date Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 7:12 AM Description The two-time National Book Award winner collects essays, profiles and appreciations in a new book, “On Witness and Respair.”
Book Review: ‘Dog Days,’ by Emily LaBarge Image Date Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 3:01 AM Description In her ingenious “Dog Days,” Emily LaBarge writes about a terrifying event without resorting to “the trauma plot.”
Book Review: ‘Glyph,’ by Ali Smith Date Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 3:01 AM Description Ali Smith’s new novel, “Glyph,” dispenses with subtleties and takes on an age of war and the ghosts left behind.
Book Review: ‘Keeper of My Kin,’ by Ada Ferrer Image Date Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 3:00 AM Description A stirring memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer chronicles her family’s life in the aftermath of traumatic rupture.