NYT Books

In “We the People,” the Harvard historian worries that the glacial amendment process is leading the country to crisis.

Teeming with vivid characters across several continents, “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” traces a hesitant romance that challenges tradition and loss.

The Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin explores the ambiguities and ironies of domestic life in a new collection.

In “Boy From the North Country,” a writer returns home to be with his dying mother and learns some shocking secrets.

In Mason Coile’s new book, the first human settlers on Mars arrive only to find that their helper robots have gone off script.

In “Rocket Dreams,” Christian Davenport revels in the struggle between the billionaire moguls Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to leave the Earth behind.

A new book by the Harvard scholar Stephen Greenblatt contends that the innovative dramatist Christopher Marlowe was the genius who inspired a cultural awakening.

In Nicholas Day’s “A World Without Summer,” Mount Tambora provides a warning about climate change and the inspiration for “Frankenstein.”

In “The Blood in Winter,” Jonathan Healey explores the many causes of the English Civil War.

“Fresh Sets,” by Tembe Denton-Hurst, surveys some of the coolest contemporary designs from around the world.