NYT Books

Harry Smith lived many lives. “Cosmic Scholar,” a new biography, details his earthly ones.

William Boyd’s new book follows one man from childhood to death, and the globe-spanning adventures in between.

In a new book, Clare Carlisle considers the powerful partnership between the Victorian novelist and the de facto husband who tended her career.

In Stephen Kearse’s new novel, “Liquid Snakes,” two epidemiologists race to stop a grieving biochemist who has been killing people after the stillborn death of his daughter.

David James Duncan’s epic novel “Sun House” follows seekers and strivers in a Montana valley.

In her debut novel, Emily Habeck sets up an unusual conundrum for a pair of newlyweds.

The first major biography of the playwright recounts his life and boundless vision.

In Lauren Beukes’s surreal new book, “Bridge,” a young woman embarks on a metaphysical quest to find her family before a fearsome hunter does.

The U.C.L.A. sociologist Michael Mann seeks to uncover the causes of war across the globe, from the classical era to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” opens with the discovery of a skeleton in a well, and then flashes back to explore its connection to a town’s Black, Jewish and immigrant history.