Books

New in Paperback: ‘The Grammarians’ and ‘Edison’

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

England’s Greatest Novelist and Other Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

12 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Jan Myrdal, Swedish Author and Provocateur, Dies at 93

His father and mother were both Nobel Prize winners. His most famous book was about how badly they had treated him.

What’s in Our Queue? ‘The Great’

I’m the editor of The Times’s Arts & Leisure section. I also have a newborn. Here are five things I’m watching, listening to or reading.

Nonfiction

A Lifelong Rock Critic Goes Back to the Actual Classics

In “A Sound Mind,” the British journalist Paul Morley discovers the wonders of classical music.

Poem: A Yearning to Wrinkle

Even our clothes suffer when they're stuck at home. In this poem, a shirt dreams of the wider world.

Inside the List

Now More Than Ever, Brandon Stanton Makes People Feel Less Alone

The creator of Humans of New York went global in his new best seller. Now that we have to stay local, his perspective is more galvanizing than ever.

White House Sought Suit Against Omarosa Manigault Newman After News of Her Memoir

A day after the 2018 announcement that she had written a negative book about President Trump, the White House escalated an unrelated dispute by referring it to the Justice Department.

Jill Paton Walsh, Multigenerational Writer, Dies at 83

Her books for young readers had won acclaim when, in 1994, one for adults made the Booker Prize shortlist — but only after she had resorted to publishing it herself.