Book Review: ‘The Confessions of Samuel Pepys,’ by Guy de la Bédoyère Date Monday, March 30, 2026 - 5:04 AM Description Samuel Pepys’s journals are an invaluable record of British history. A new book reconsiders his infamous sexual exploits.
In a New Memoir, Arsenio Hall Recalls His High-Flying Years as a Talk-Show Host Date Monday, March 30, 2026 - 5:01 AM Description Eddie Murphy, Snoop Dogg and Bill Clinton (naturally) show up in his gossipy new memoir. He isn’t very sentimental.
Han Kang Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Date Sunday, March 29, 2026 - 10:25 PM Description This year’s winners include the latest novel by the South Korean Nobel laureate in literature and a memoir by one of India’s best known novelists.
‘The Wild Party’ Is a Vivacious Play That Started as a Scandalous Poem Date Sunday, March 29, 2026 - 12:02 PM Description One hundred years after it was banned for its depiction of hedonism, the rhythmic, jazz-soaked poetry of Joseph Moncure March continues to find new life.
Book Review: ‘Transcription,’ by Ben Lerner Date Sunday, March 29, 2026 - 5:00 AM Description In “Transcription,” Ben Lerner considers a famous father, a loyal protégé and a distant son, bound by devotion and separated by miscommunication.
Thrilling Crime Books for Fans of Tana French Date Saturday, March 28, 2026 - 6:44 AM Description If you’ve blazed through all of the beloved crime novelist’s works, here are more thrillers that may be up your dark alley.
Book Review: ‘The Keeper,’ by Tana French Date Saturday, March 28, 2026 - 5:00 AM Description “The Keeper,” the final book in her Cal Hooper trilogy, returns readers to an insular village in rural western Ireland.
Coleman Barks, Who Popularized the Islamic Poet Rumi in the West, Dies at 88 Date Friday, March 27, 2026 - 11:48 AM Description Although he did not speak a word of Persian, his interpretations of the 13th-century mystic’s work made Rumi a New Age icon for millions.
Book Club: Read ‘The Renovation,’ by Kenan Orhan, With the Book Review Date Friday, March 27, 2026 - 11:14 AM Description In April, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Kenan Orhan’s novel about a woman whose bathroom is transformed into a Turkish prison cell.
Dazzling, Immersive New Historical Fiction Date Friday, March 27, 2026 - 9:09 AM Description Our columnist on the month’s best books.