NYT Books

“Superbloom,” by Nicholas Carr, and “The Sirens’ Call,” by the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, argue that we are ill equipped to handle the infinite scroll of the information age.

In “Talk,” Alison Wood Brooks mines years of data to optimize your conversations.

Antonio Di Benedetto’s characters are repellent and constantly frustrated. Why are they so captivating?

In “The Killing Fields of East New York,” Stacy Horn profiles one 1990s white-collar crime spree and the wreckage it left behind.

Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Good Dirt” weaves together grief, suspense and the story of a jar made by an enslaved potter generations earlier.

Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day.

In Maggie Su’s funny debut novel, a Frankenstein-like monster turns on his flailing creator.

Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II.

For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in Emma Otheguy’s latest novel, the outcome of the American Civil War hangs in the balance.

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts.