NYT Books

A new history by Fergus M. Bordewich examines Ulysses S. Grant’s battle against white supremacist terror.

The filmmaker’s new memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” prompts a critic’s incredulity.

“The Leftover Woman” follows two struggling women living completely different lives. How do their paths overlap?

A new collection of her novels and stories is a showcase for a science fiction pioneer.

Justin Torres’s genre-defying new book, “Blackouts,” explores what it means to be erased and how to persist after being wiped away.

New works of nonfiction and fiction transcend stereotypes, and connect a wealth of ideas and facts for young readers.

Mary Gabriel’s biography is as thorough as its subject is disciplined. But in relentlessly defending the superstar, where’s the party?

Published in Japan in 1988, this novel follows a 19-year-old daughter in a happy family who starts to wonder if they are not really hers.

In “Roman Stories,” written in Italian, nine protagonists have little in common except their foreignness.

In “Brutalities: A Love Story,” Margo Steines chronicles her lifelong fixation with being hurt — and shows herself some compassion.