NYT Books

Our columnist on three of the month’s best releases.

In “The Time Tax,” the Atlantic journalist Annie Lowrey takes aim at bureaucratic red tape.

In Jennifer Hillier’s new book, a woman must confront her traumatic past after a body washes up on the shores of her seaside town.

Four authors grapple with the fight over American identity, from the colonial era to the modern day.

She published two books about her famous mother but didn’t fully embrace the family business until her late 50s, when she began writing “Dear Prudence” for Slate.

“The Anniversary,” a novel by the Italian novelist Andrea Bajani, examines a marriage ravaged by abuse and malice.

In “The Great Wherever,” generations of spirits watch as their descendants debate whether or not to sell their ancestral home.

The author Priya Parker says the key to human connection is to lean into the fight.

Our columnist on four of the month’s best releases.

William Kent Krueger talks about his thriller set in the Boundary Waters, a timely subject.