Four authors grapple with the fight over American identity, from the colonial era to the modern day. By Alexis Coe In “Up on Cove Mountain” Earl Swift confronts a place — and a tragedy — that haunts ...

The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you some of our recent favorites, novels that reveal overlooked bits of New York history, our latest reviews, books that transport you to the 18th ...

L-R: Josh Duhamel in 'Ransom Canyon' Season 2, Naveen Paddock and Nikki Rodriguez in 'My Life with the Walter Boys' Season 3 and Alice Halsey in 'Little House on the Praire' Season 1 Netflix Several ...

L-R: Jacob Elordi in 'The Dog Stars,' Lili Reinhart in 'The Love Hypothesis and Adam Scott (and Michelle Monaghan) in 'The Whisper Man' Disney/Prime Video/Netflix Many books will provide backbone to ...

August 17, 2026 • Paul Yoon's new novel follows a dog conscripted into an unnamed war in an unnamed country. From the very first page, Etna's voice is somber and poetic in its simplicity.

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.