NYT Books

A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse.

In Caleb Azumah Nelson’s new novel, “Small Worlds,” a young South Londoner manages pressures from his family and community.

In “The Fourth Turning Is Here” and “End Times,” the historian Neil Howe and the social scientist Peter Turchin use generational analysis and Big Data to predict the crises to come.

Conceived before the pandemic, Andy Field’s ode to sharing space in person glosses over the ways our everyday habits seem to have changed for good.

In “Under the Eye of Power,” Colin Dickey unearths the long, disturbing history of fearmongering in American politics and culture.

Khaled Khalifa’s new novel follows two friends through disaster and religious tension in early-20th-century Syria.

“Vanishing Maps” returns to the del Pino family, now spread across three continents and four generations.

In Stephanie Bishop’s psychological thriller, “The Anniversary,” tragedy strikes on a cruise.

In “Returning Light,” Robert L. Harris reflects on his many years as the caretaker of a lonely outpost off the west coast of Ireland.

A previously unknown manuscript by Alice and Martin Provensen explores the ultimately unknowable psyche of a favorite feline.