The Best Books of the Year (So Far)

Credit...The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff We’re a third of the way through 2026 and we at ...

Book Review: ‘Small Town Girls,’ by Jayne Anne Phillips

A new book by Jayne Anne Phillips, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, recalling her childhood is a bittersweet triumph.

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop trio the Ronettes, dies

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, who sang the enduring hits “Be My ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Collection of Maps Owned by England’s First Queen Spent Centuries Overlooked in a Family Library. Now, the Rare Volume Is on Sale for $1.6 Million

Created for Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, the book is "perhaps the most significant artifact of ...
The New Yorker

Ellen Burstyn’s Inner Library

Kris Kristofferson told her he was a poet when they co-starred in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Her new book tells the ...