What to Do This Weekend

‘Succession’ returns and the sky is falling.

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New in Paperback: ‘Memorial’ and ‘Singular Sensation’

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

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Thomas Mallon on the Career of Jonathan Franzen

Mallon talks about Franzen’s “Crossroads,” and Joshua Ferris discusses “A Calling for Charlie Barnes.”

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And You Thought the Sally Rooney Bucket Hats Were Ridiculous

Marketing a book is an art form, a delicate match of writer and approach. Ward Sutton imagines all the ways this could have gone wrong for famous authors in the past.

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Fright Lite

Four new picture books draw in young readers with ghosts, ghouls and vampires — not to scare them but to amuse them.

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Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections

“The Ruin of Everything,” “Hao” and “Variations on the Body” explore fraught relationships and the long shadow of war.

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When the Au Pair Helps With the Care of the Children and the Sex Life of the Parents

T.L. Toma’s second novel, “Look at Us,” follows a wealthy couple who embark on a sexual misadventure with their au pair.

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‘Commercial’ vs. ‘Literary Writing,’ Cozy Mysteries and Other Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

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Gary Paulsen, Author of Young-Adult Adventures, Dies at 82

His 200 books, among them “Hatchet” and “Dogsong,” inspired generations with their tales of exploration, survival and the bloody reality of the natural world.

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10 New Books We Recommend This Week

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

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