Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep revisits the true crime story that tantalized and eluded Harper Lee — and finds a window into the…
Heller McAlpin
Heller McAlpin is a New York-based critic who reviews books for NPR.org, The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, and other publications.
The Library Book
In the new book from the author of the bestselling “The Orchid Thief,” the story of a catastrophic fire opens…
There There
In his debut novel, Tommy Orange tells the story of Native Americans searching for a home in a 21st century…
The Female Persuasion
The new novel from the author of “The Interestings” traces a young woman’s life after it’s reshaped by a vital…
The Reporter as Teacher: A Talk with John McPhee
The legendary journalist and essayist John McPhee has finally published his own meditation on writing. He talks about it with…
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977−2002)
David Sedaris has made a literary career out of transforming the events of his life into mordantly comic prose. What…
The White Road: Journey into an Obsession
The author of “The Hare with Amber Eyes” unfolds a lifelong fascination with a very delicate subject. Review by Heller…
Shirley Jackson: Thriving on Chaos
Ranging from uncanny chills to wry humor, the author’s body of work remains as fascinating as it is unclassifiable. Essay…
The Wright Brothers
As the famed duo of air travel take flight, renowned historian McCullough crafts “an uplifting reminder that success lies not…
Per Petterson: Cloud Formations
In his new novel (and a 1987 debut now appearing in America for the first time), a living legend of…
The Lost Child
An exceptional new novel responds to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” by imagining the rocky childhood of its Romantic antihero, Heathcliff.…
“Beautiful in a Human Way”: George Hodgman Goes Home
An editor’s return to his hometown as an “unlikely guardian” sparks a warm and insightful memoir.
West of Sunset
Stewart O’Nan’s new novel takes on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic second act.
The Truth’s the Truth: Reading Rebecca West
A writer who faced down love and consequences in fact and in fiction.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
The author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle returns with a lonely man’s quest for love, beauty, and friendship lost.
Eugénie Grandet
Balzac’s incisive story of wealth, desire, and fraud has never been more timely.
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Compassion is the central theme in these essays from the author of State of Wonder and Bel Canto.
The Two Hotel Francforts
The sensitively mapped tale of an affair on the eve of war is cloaked within a comedy of manners.
An Interview with Elinor Lipman
The charming writer of I Can’t Complain on self-esteem, second chances, and happy endings.
The Interestings
Old friends at the top and bottom of the art world meet in the middle.