Children’s Picture Books About Memory
Sydney Smith, Allen Say and Linda Shute explore the many facets of our recollections.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Tolkien Estate Wins Court Order to Destroy Fan’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Sequel
Ruling that the fan’s unauthorized book violated copyright protections, a judge barred him from distributing [+]
Omid Scobie’s ‘Endgame’ Heralds the Start of a New Era
Having written about an inflection point for the British monarchy, the royals chronicler is at [+]
Henry James’s Best Books: A Guide
A patron saint of exquisite verbosity, James made a career examining the clash of American [+]
Forget Halloween, Bring Ghost Stories Back to Christmas
If your idea of festive joy is being haunted by past memories or driven insane [+]
Dan Greenburg, Who Poked Fun With His Pen, Dies at 87
Women, sex and Jewish mothers were just some of the targets of his popular satirical [+]
J.G.A. Pocock, Historian Who Argued for Historical Context, Dies at 99
He helped forge a movement asserting that scholars must put aside their modern-day assumptions and [+]
My Evening at Reading Rhythms, a Party for Bookish Introverts
Reading Rhythms bills itself as a series of “reading parties,” where guests read silently for [+]
Book Review: ‘Remembrance,’ by Ray Bradbury
Not many, according to a new collection of correspondence from a science fiction master.