Books

Reese Witherspoon on how her new book “Gone Before Goodbye” redefines the female action hero
Reese Witherspoon is adding novelist to his resume with the thriller Gone Before Farewell, co-written with bestselling author Harlan Coben, ...

Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
Gods of New YorkJonathan Mahler (Random House). This chronicle of New York spans four “convulsive and momentous” years of its ...

Novels with a certain structure are more likely to be classics
The enduring popularity of books may depend on more than just their history. Tetra Images, LLC / Alami Why do ...

The Whispers of Rock review: A personal journey through aeons of Earth’s geology
The rocks of the UK's Jurassic Coast are 185 million years old. James Osmond/Alami Whisper of DoomAnjana Khatwa, The Bridge ...

Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
DesertAngela Flournaya (sailor)This novel, which has long been registered for the National Book Prize, displays the friendship of five young ...

Neil Gaiman Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed
Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty images for Reedpop Sexual violence against Neil Gayman Submitted Scarlett Pavlovich He was fired by the federal ...

Read an extract from the award-winning Our Brains, Our Selves by neurologist Masud Husain
Marcel Proust photographed in 1905 Photo 12 / Alamy The dawn serenely made his way over the city. The shadows, ...

Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
The human brain is one of the most difficult objects that existed Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty images Scientific books, especially those written ...

Sarah Jessica Parker reflects on “And Just Like That” finale and her next chapter in publishing
Sarah Jessica Parker opens about the decision to finish “And just the same” HBO “Sex in the city” The revival, ...

The best new science fiction books of October 2025, featuring Chris Hadfield and a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
Scientific and fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001 Benjamin Brink/Oregononsky/a. Alamy Like many of you, no doubt, Ursula ...