NYT Books

“More Than Enough” traces the struggles of a New York City private-school teacher, often through rose-tinted glasses.

The new book by the California governor and undeclared presidential hopeful depicts a man shaped as much by hardship and struggle as privilege.

In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project: to document — and promote — interracial marriages like his own.

Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds.

A new study by the novelist and scholar Namwali Serpell subjects the Nobel laureate’s work to rigorous inspection — with thrilling results.

The best stories in “Brawler” find the writer tackling the tectonic shifts that can suddenly crack open seemingly secure families.

In Charleen Hurtubise’s new novel, “Saoirse,” a traumatic family secret propels an American teenager to Ireland in the early 1990s.

“The Optimists,” by Brian Platzer, is an account of an extraordinary character, as remembered by her middle-school instructor.

The milestones of an undergrad friend group give shape and color to Grant Ginder’s latest novel, “So Old, So Young.”

In “Why I Am Not an Atheist,” Christopher Beha makes the case for faith.