NYT Books

Our critic on Deanna Raybourn’s “Kills Well With Others” and three more new books.

Her “Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself,” a guide to shedding toxic relationships, has sold more than seven million copies.

A memoir of Italy; notes on Canada.

In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs.

A Caldecott Medal winner, he turned childhood memories of fleeing the Nazis in Poland into magical stories.

Every season brings its share of books to look forward to, and this spring is no different. On this episode Gilbert Cruz and Joumana Khatib talk about a dozen or so titles that sound interesting in the months ahead.

In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden.

Sally Kim, president and publisher at Little, Brown and Company, wants to give everyone a seat at the table.

The novel “Goddess Complex,” by Sanjena Sathian, takes a sharp turn from an existential crisis into a more literal one.

Novelized accounts of historical figures’ lives are hugely popular. But do we really want to draw back the curtain on history and find people talking and acting the way we do?