New York Times Book Review

Judging the World

By CYNTHIA OZICK

The first two volumes of the Library of America's three-volume collection of Bernard Malamud's work include 36 stories, six of which Malamud himself never saw in print, and five novels.

Helen Oyeyemi: By the Book

The author of "Mr. Fox" and "Boy, Snow, Bird" considers Dumas's d'Artagnan a literary hero: "If there's going to be a fray, I can't help but approve of someone who enters it headlong."

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Interview | Philip Roth

My Life as a Writer

Philip Roth talks about rereading his own work, accusations of misogyny and not winning the Nobel Prize.

Operators Are Standing By

By COLSON WHITEHEAD

Have you ever wished for a new literary form, impervious to the ins and outs of critical fashion and the latest manifesto? Meet the LitMode 100.

'The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse'

By PHILIP SCHULTZ
Reviewed by ADAM PLUNKETT

Philip Schultz's novel revisits a 1941 massacre in German-occupied Poland.

'On Leave'

By DANIEL ANSELME. Translated by DAVID BELLOS.
Reviewed by MARTIN RIKER

Daniel Anselme's 1957 novel of France's Algerian war.

'Clever Girl'

By TESSA HADLEY
Reviewed by MEG WOLITZER

Tessa Hadley's episodic novel follows its heroine from childhood in 1960s Britain to the murky waters of middle age.

'The Black-Eyed Blonde'

By BENJAMIN BLACK
Reviewed by OLEN STEINHAUER

The Irish mystery writer Benjamin Black, a.k.a. John Banville, finds a new adventure for Philip Marlowe.