NYT Books

Our columnist on four notable new releases.

Our columnist on four noteworthy novels.

A crackling new biography captures the formidable personality and often eerie writings of the “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” creator Muriel Spark.

An influential lawyer, he negotiated blockbuster contracts for A-list clients, including the Clintons, the Obamas and the Bushes, while often acting as a political adviser.

She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.

Hoping to draw more visitors to Rowan Oak, Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Miss., a group helped refurbish its piano.

Based on his popular Substack, the iconoclastic author’s new book is a warning against the dangers of turning innovation into a secular faith.

“Picket Line,” which was inspired by Cesar Chavez and his union campaigns, has been published for the first time.

The novelist, who wrote about World War II in “Atonement” and has turned repeatedly to his own times, imagines the 22nd century in his new book, “What We Can Know.”

“What We Can Know” follows a scholarly quest amid the ruins of civilization.