NYT Books

In “Rope,” Tim Queeney makes a case for the humble material as the tie that binds human history.

Josephine Rowe’s slim, atmospheric novel “Little World” connects disparate characters through the traveling corpse of a young girl.

A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history.

Cleyvis Natera’s novel “The Grand Paloma Resort” combines fast-paced suspense, class distinctions and colonial history in a breathless seven-day trip to the Dominican Republic.

Jonathan Mahler’s new book portrays the city’s rebirth as a glitzy capital of global finance — and a petri dish of ego, ambition and class division.

“The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter,” by Peter Orner, revives an unsolved mystery involving Chicagoland royalty.

A new book by the veteran correspondent Jon Lee Anderson captures a long war’s noble goals and crippling missteps.

“Ruth,” by Kate Riley, is an absorbing novel about a woman torn between curiosity and purity.

Tochi Eze’s novel, “This Kind of Trouble,” circles between the 1900s and the 2000s, and between Atlanta and Nigeria, in a sweeping story of colonialism and its aftershocks.

In her second essay collection, “Sloppy,” the writer and social media personality Rax King embraces the mess of living imperfectly.