NYT Books

A new biography looks at the decades-long career of an American original who captured the country’s complex moral universe onscreen.

Twelve million Americans work for companies owned by private equity firms. In a new book, the journalist Megan Greenwell traces the arrangement’s considerable human costs.

In “The Beast in the Clouds,” Nathalia Holt tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s eldest sons, and their doomed attempt to escape his shadow.

A childhood friendship in upper-class Beijing is tested by envy, ambition and relentless materialism.

Megan C. Reynolds takes on the biggest linguistic battle of our age.

André Breton’s 1928 novel “Nadja” pays homage to a great love and to a great city.

Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is the topic of this month’s discussion.

In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Catch,” a psychological thriller about twin sisters and their mother, whom they had presumed dead.

A new biography of Luis Alvarez captures the details but misses the drama in the career of a scientist whose work ranged from the Manhattan Project to the death of the dinosaurs.

“The Compound” takes place on the set of a deeply twisted reality TV show.