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In “Our Beautiful Boys,” Sameer Pandya uses an altercation at a teen party to stage an urgent conversation about race, gender, parenthood and more.

A new biography and film about Yoko Ono offer more opportunities to assess her contributions to culture. Two pop music critics debate if they’re worthy of their subject.

In this affectionate if sometimes off-key novel, a would-be rock star confronts the family drama behind her mother’s brief, blazing career.

Chris Whipple offers an insiders’ account of a disastrous political campaign.

Nan Shepherd’s meditative book on the great outdoors is an inspiring guide to stepping away from comforts and routine.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The Irish writer’s new novel, “Twist,” is a shipboard adventure about the ragtag crews who repair ruptured information cables deep in the ocean.

Christopher Lasch’s “The Revolt of the Elites” anticipated the resentments of ordinary Americans that have led inexorably to Trumpism.

From scathing satires of wealth to murder mysteries set at luxe resorts, these novels are sure to scratch that Mike White itch.

He wrote influential books exploring the dramatic changes wrought by independence, bringing in overlooked perspectives — what he called “a collision of histories.”