NYT Books

In “Foreign Bodies,” Simon Schama studies pandemics past and present, and how much — and little — we have learned.

A rancher turned hero finds himself elected to the Statehouse in the novel “Mr. Texas.”

When white employees refused to work in a notorious hospital, Maria Smilios writes in “The Black Angels,” these nurses came to the aid of New Yorkers.

In “Against Technoableism,” Ashley Shew argues that it’s not the individuals who need “fixing,” it’s their environment.

After receiving plaudits for his recent novels, Lerner returns to verse with an expansive new collection, “The Lights.”

Daniel Mason’s novel “North Woods” is a survey of American history told in a hodgepodge of forms and genres.

In her new novel, “Bright Young Women,” Jessica Knoll shifts our attention from a notorious criminal to the women who died by his hand.

Jonathan Raban’s “Father and Son” is a memoir of illness and recovery paired with a parental history.

Mandy-Suzanne Wong’s new novel follows a white paper box on a disorienting journey through many hands — none of which can open it.

In “Bartleby and Me,” Gay Talese recalls ink-stained colleagues, shares trade secrets and digs through the ruins of a truly explosive Manhattan marriage.