German author wins International Booker Prize for ‘Kairos’
LONDON — German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Kairos,” the story of a tangled love…
‘The Sympathizer’ review: A moving story about friendship
What is more psychically exhausting, in fiction and I suppose in life, than the story of the double agent, the mole, the traitor embedded among…
Why Don Winslow is retiring from writing after ‘City in Ruins’
On the Shelf City in Ruins By Don WinslowWilliam Morrow: 400 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
‘American Fiction’ and ‘Slow Horses’ win USC Scripter Awards
The writers of the Oscar-nominated film “American Fiction” and the Apple TV+ series “Slow Horses” earned top honors at the 36th USC Libraries Scripter Awards…
Poet Phillip B. Williams’ novel ‘Ours’ shows more of a roadmap than a utopia
Book Review Ours By Phillip B. WilliamsViking: 592 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
Opinion: Need a good book? Try one your 9th-grader isn’t allowed to read
I have discovered many wonderful books, mostly in the young adult category, by reading news stories about what’s being banned in public schools these days:…
Almost Surely Dead by Amina Akhtar has a fan in Mindy Kaling
On the Shelf Almost Surely Dead By Amina AkhtarMindy’s Book Studio: 302 pages, $26.96 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may…