NYT Books

In a new collection, Lydia Millet casts a satirical eye on left-wing culture and its array of character types.

The romance author Beth O’Leary recommends books that show off the trope at its best — playful, knowing, original and deliciously satisfying.

In his paean to another age, David Denby studies four icons who defined American culture in the second half of the 20th century.

Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “El Niño” combines magical realism, climate fiction and coming-of-age sports tales.

A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin offers a fresh account of the region as an incubator of internationalism and commitment to the common good.

In “I Seek a Kind Person,” Julian Borger tells the riveting story of seven children who escaped wartime Austria thanks to a British newspaper.

In “Lower Than the Angels,” the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch traces two millenniums of libidinal frustration.

Sayaka Murata’s novel “Vanishing World” envisions an alternate universe where artificial insemination is the global norm, and sex takes a back seat.

“Poet in the New World” introduces readers to the often overlooked early work of the Polish master Czeslaw Milosz.

In “Precious Rubbish,” Kayla E. turns to midcentury children’s comics to help tell her shattering story.