NYT Books

In his latest book, the prolific British psychoanalyst Adam Phillips promotes curiosity, improvisation and conflict as antidotes to the deadening effects of absolute certainty.

Toby Lloyd centers religion and politics in his novel, “Fervor,” but with a light, mystical touch.

In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality despite constraints imposed on them from outside.

Famed for her fearless literary takedowns, Lauren Oyler adopts a softer tone in the new essay collection “No Judgment.”

The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.

“The Divorcées” whisks readers to a ranch in Reno, where unhappy wives once stayed to establish Nevada residency so they could file for divorce.

Even when the Polish novelist Witold Gombrowicz worked within mass-market forms, he veered toward playful disorder.

“The Morningside” reckons with climate change and its fallout while finding hope in the stories we preserve.

Two new books explore the liberal struggle against the illiberal currents that have plagued American progress.

In “The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,” Robin Reames contends that Greek and Roman rhetorical techniques can help us speak — and listen — to one another today.