NYT Books

In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center of the world.

“How to End a Story” collects three volumes of the Australian novelist’s self-conscious, sometimes harrowing journals.

Two new memoirs show the commonalities — and differences — in the end of every marriage.

In Jeremy Gordon’s novel, “See Friendship,” a journalist reinvestigates his past, only to discover the story he was told about his friend’s death wasn’t true.

A Scott and Zelda roman à clef; a photo collection of 1920s Paris.

In Charlotte McConaghy’s novel “Wild Dark Shore,” the caretakers of a remote research base brave an escalating crisis.

In her memoir, “Raising Hare,” Chloe Dalton describes how a leveret changed her outlook on life during the pandemic and beyond.

Our columnist reviews three new horror books out this month.

Harvey’s novel about six astronauts living and working on the International Space Station won the 2024 Booker Prize.

She gave voice to an overlooked French-speaking population in Canada, adapting an archaic language that had survived through oral tradition.