NYTimes books

In Novel by Mayor’s Daughter, Hints of Family Life

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 05:30
Georgina Bloomberg’s new book, “The A Circuit,” is about a family headed by a blunt-talking Wall Street billionaire who lives in a Manhattan town house and “owns half of New York.”

Gluten-Free: Flavor-Free No More

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 03:40
A slew of cookbooks have been published to help bakers navigate a gluten-free kitchen.

Books of The Times: The Manly Art of Cooking Has Its Bards

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 03:30
John Donohue has assembled a collection of essays and recipes by men who love cooking.

Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 00:28
When the two poets descended on the Swiss lake in 1816, the plan was poetry and pleasure. The result? Frankenstein, vampires and a love child.

Roddy Doyle’s Dubliners

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 21:02
In Roddy Doyle’s stories, characters struggle with the funk brought on by middle age.

Is World War II Still ‘the Good War’?

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 21:01
With new books challenging our collective memory, can we still take pride in World War II?

Op-Ed Contributor: A Verb for Our Frantic Times

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 19:11
Why “run” has surpassed “set” as the word with the most meanings.

How Paris Created America

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 18:30
David McCullough explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.

Washington and Wall Street: The Revolving Door

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 18:27
An account of the financial crisis highlights individuals who played crucial roles of responsibility.

Rebirth of a Poet

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 18:26
A new translation brings a revered body of Indian verse into sharper relief.

ArtsBeat: Sony Says 'Dragon Tattoo' Trailer Was Probably Pirated in U.S. Theater

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 17:47
Some conspiratorially minded viewers wondered if a YouTube trailer for "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was a clandestine release by the studio, roughed up to look like the work of a video pirate.

Noah Webster, Founding Father

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 15:57
Noah Webster was a journalist, reformer and lexicographer.

Books of The Times: Young Russians in Brooklyn Find Love, the Wonder Wheel and Then Life

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 15:06
Haley Tanner’s “Vaclav & Lena” is a story of two Russian immigrants who first meet at age 6 in an English as a Second Language class at their Brooklyn school.

Books: Broad Brushstrokes Obscure a View of Brain Trauma

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 05:40
In this tripartite story of brain, art and family life, the author aces the first part but comes up surprisingly short in the other two.

Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life

Mon, 05/30/2011 - 04:30
New poetry by Dean Young, Dorianne Laux , Jim Moore, Tom Sexton and Laura Kasischke.

The Texas Tribune: Novelist and His Hero Wonder, Will It Last?

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 06:10
The Texas novelist Stephen Harrigan has been successful, but never in fashion among the New York literary set.

Essay: What Did Qaddafi’s Green Book Really Say?

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 01:00
Qaddafi’s Green Book mixes utopian socialism and Arab nationalism with a streak of Bedouin supremacism.

The Wrongful Conviction as Way of Life

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 00:30
Since the ’80s, Brandon L. Garrett writes, DNA testing has exonerated over 250 people convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.

Paperback Row

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 00:30
Paperback books of particular interest.

Up Front

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 00:30
It shouldn’t be surprising that a writer whose work includes a story collection called “Throw Like a Girl” should have strong opinions on the pigeonholing of writers by gender.