Book Review: ‘What a Time to Be Alive,’ by Jade Chang; ‘What a Time to Be Alive,’ by Jenny Mustard Date Monday, October 06, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description In an unusual act of literary synergy, two vibrant coming-of-age tales with the same title have arrived one week apart.
Book Review: ‘Things That Disappear,’ by Jenny Erpenbeck Date Sunday, October 05, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description The celebrated German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck considers the relics of an earlier age in a newly translated essay collection.
Book Review: ‘A Different Kind of Tension,’ by Jonathan Lethem Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description His new collection draws from his ambitious practice of the form over nearly four decades.
Book Review: ‘Ginster,’ by Siegfried Kracauer Image Date Saturday, October 04, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description A new reissue of Siegfried Kracauer’s 1928 novel “Ginster” offers a darkly humorous window into one German conscript’s inglorious journey.
Book Review: ‘38 Londres Street,’ by Philippe Sands Image Date Friday, October 03, 2025 - 3:01 AM Description Philippe Sands considers the case of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eluded efforts to bring him to account for state-sponsored terror in Chile.
Book Review: ‘Shadow Ticket,’ by Thomas Pynchon Image Date Thursday, October 02, 2025 - 3:02 AM Description “Shadow Ticket” follows a dancing private eye on the hunt for a missing cheese heiress. It gets even wackier from there.
Book Review: ‘I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult,’ by Drew Nieporent Image Date Wednesday, October 01, 2025 - 1:36 PM Description In “I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult,” the star restaurateur Drew Nieporent evokes a glittering age in Manhattan hospitality.
Book Review: ‘Water Mirror Echo,’ by Jeff Chang Date Wednesday, October 01, 2025 - 3:02 AM Description An exuberant new biography by Jeff Chang charts the action star’s life and legacy as a breakout Asian American celebrity who paved the way for others.
Book Review: ‘Gotham at War,’ by Mike Wallace Image Date Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 10:31 AM Description In “Gotham at War,” Mike Wallace shows how the American fight against the Nazis started years before World War II, in the Big Apple.
Books to Read If You Love the ‘Twilight’ Series Image Date Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 10:02 AM Description Whether you’re Team Edward, Team Jacob or just Team Fun Book, these novels offer a similar blend of romance, fantasy and horror.