A Memoir” by Geraldine Brooks, Feb. 4, 2025, Viking/Penguin, 161 pages.

A couple of years ago, the New York Public Library purchased the late Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne’s archive, announcing that, once processed, the collection would be available to anyone with a ...

There’s now a thriving industry based on expediting heartbreak. The lovelorn can check into a Heartbreak Hotel on London’s Broadway Market; do Yoga with Adriene classes to help them “tend to” their ...

Barney Saltzberg’s many picture books for children include “Arlo Needs Glasses,” about his giant goldendoodle who couldn’t ...

Their cleanliness and ability to maintain visual perfection were attributes that we aspired to emulate. Since the foundation ...

Our first roundup of 2025 features some major releases; given the state of things, we should be very thankful for that. Note ...

Released back in November of 2024, Lili Anolik’s ”Didion and Babitz” made its rounds on Tiktok’s popular hashtag booktok. In ...

The White Album” by Joan Didion “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” I have been praying at the altar of Joan Didion ...

Didion’s appraisal of Martha Stewart, in which most glosses of the subject could also apply to the author, is an ur-text on ...

Now, Knopf is making those diary entries public. The book, titled Notes To John, is set for an April 22 release. Other than ...

Kay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers ...

In “Memorial Days,” the author of “Horse” recounts the disorienting odyssey that followed the death of her husband, Tony ...