NYT Books

Food books by chefs and celebrities arrive by the landslide. “Voices From the Kitchen” highlights workers who get far less attention.

In Fiona Mozley’s novel “Awake Awake,” a London writer returns to her hometown to unearth hazy memories of past friendships and traumas.

Paul Yoon’s deeply moving novel “Etna” explores the aftermath of war with an unconventional narrator.

As the hit series keeps expanding, an ambitious stage adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s prequel saga has found a natural home at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

In “The Story of Your Life,” Kathryn Jezer-Morton explores, without castigating, the wish to present a curated version of experience via social media.

Douglas Stuart’s latest novel follows a profoundly isolated father and son, each grappling with long-held secrets.

Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Greek classic influenced the director Christopher Nolan, panned his screenplay for the movie version in an essay for The London Review of Books.

“Plant Lady,” by the Korean novelist Minyoung Kang, imagines an urban haven for women who need an escape from dangerous men.

In Riley Sager’s “The Unknown,” actresses on a research trip stumble into a paranormal mystery.

In “The Savage Landscape,” the nature writer Cal Flyn argues that wilderness is just one more man-made invention.