Books

parenting 8/31/2024
Is Affirmation Culture Sabotaging Our Friendships and Ourselves? We’ll do anything to avoid seeming mean, even going so far as to validate each others’ bad decisions. There has to be another way.
By Kathryn Jezer-Morton

books 8/29/2024
How to Fight adrienne maree brown’s Loving Corrections is a handbook for having hard conversations.
By Katja Vujić

culture 8/20/2024
What Desiree Akhavan Learned From Her Mistakes In her new memoir, the pioneering director of autofictional films and TV shows explores the mortifying moments that made her into an artist.
By Emily Gould

encounter 8/6/2024
What Does It Take to Get a Rich Kid Into Kindergarten? Sophie Brickman’s novel is about the absurdity of New York’s private-school-admissions process. Much of it seems pulled directly from her own life.
By Katie Arnold-Ratliff

encounter 8/1/2024
Tessa Bailey Just Wants You to Have a Good Time The romance novelist is proud to be behind your favorite filthy sex scenes.
By Emily Leibert

recommendations 7/31/2024
Beach Reads for Every Mood Whether you want to smooth out every wrinkle in your brain or embark on a new series.
By Emily Gould

announcements 7/16/2024
Read Long Island Compromise With New York’s Summer Book Club Join a variety of our writers and editors for a weekly discussion newsletter, starting next month.
By The Editors

keep it moving 7/16/2024
Agony and Ecstasy on the Soccer Field In her new memoir, author and former pro player Georgia Cloepfil chronicles a career spent playing overseas, for better and for worse.
By Emma Alpern

encounter 7/12/2024
Gretchen Whitmer Is Swimming With Sharks Everywhere she’s gone to talk about her new memoir, the Michigan governor is met with questions about Biden.
By Rebecca Traister

family 7/8/2024
Alice Munro Was Hiding in Plain Sight I know the Nobel laureate’s writing by heart. I know her failures by heart, too.
By Michelle Dean
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