NYT Books

Two new books about the platform chronicle its leadership under first Jack Dorsey and now Elon Musk, portraying a site reeling from user disaffection and gross mismanagement.

In “Out of the Darkness,” Frank Trentmann details the way people in the country that started World War II are still confronting and atoning for the atrocities of their government.

In “Remembering Peasants,” the historian Patrick Joyce presents a stirring elegy for a vanishing culture.

A new biography chronicles this essential American writer’s complicated love life, celebrated career and singular talents.

In “Language City,” the linguist Ross Perlin chronicles some of the precious traditions hanging on in the world’s most linguistically diverse metropolis.

As the presidential election approaches, “LatinoLand,” by Marie Arana, explores the diverse politics and historical roots of Hispanic Americans.

In this collaboratively written novel, Lower East Side dwellers get through lockdown swapping colorful tales on the roof of their scruffy building.

As a scholar, Laurence Ralph specialized in youth violence. Then a relative was killed. “Sito” tells the story.

“Hard Girls,” by J. Robert Lennon, delves into family lives built on deception and abandonment.

In “The Other Profile,” a struggling grad school dropout starts to work for, and then becomes obsessed with and consumed by, a semi-famous content creator.