New york Times Book Reviews

The themes of this collection are a good way to characterize the author himself: a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning.

Jonathan Safran Foer is just the latest in a long line of distinguished literary vegetarians.

Chaucer’s lusty pilgrims return in a Modern English incarnation.

The unfinished “Original of Laura” comes ready for devotees to read and remix.

Philip Roth’s novel stars an aging actor who can no longer act.

In the autumnal novel of Maureen Howard’s cycle of seasons, an 80-something narrator shares her inner Manhattan.

Reconstructing officials’ false and ineffectual responses to 9/11.