NYT Books

Penny Hardy photographed the restaurant sheds that cropped up across the city in 2020. Only a fraction of them remain today.

Jennifer Szalai, Alexandra Jacobs and Dwight Garner discuss their approach to reading and offer stacks and stacks of book recommendations.

A new biography argues that the artist famous for haunting canvases of solitary figures in late-night diners was deeply influenced by his times.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Emmanuel Carrère’s latest book combines a nuanced portrait of his formidable mother with a meditation on the fraught nature of truth.

Min Jin Lee, the author of the new novel “American Hagwon,” breaks down the phenomenon of young children living far from home that inspired one of the characters in the book.

For her follow-up to “Lessons in Chemistry,” she’s written a novel about poetry editors, one of whom is a “typeface connoisseur.” On the other hand, don’t get her started on clowns.

The best-selling author John Scalzi recommends his favorite alien thrillers, mad scientist tales and an intergalactic spin on “Moby Dick.”

In a 1999 book, she chronicled the spy agency’s secret backing of Cold War culture projects to manipulate public opinion against Communism in Western Europe.

Alexander Maksik’s new novel explores the bonds and strains of a father-daughter relationship amid a developing crisis.