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A Look Ahead: 6/21/26

A peek at what’s on tap this week.

    The Golden Road

    Book Review

    The Golden Road

    By William Dalrymple

    A sweeping new assessment of the Subcontinent’s star player.

    Feature
    Our Week in Reviews: 6/20/26

    A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

      Book Review

      The Afterlife Project

      By Tim Weed

      The Afterlife Project

      Is far-future time travel the key to repopulating the Earth with humans?

      Book Review

      Whistler: A Novel

      By Ann Patchett

      Whistler: A Novel

      The impact of a dramatic childhood event is revisited decades later.

      Poetry Review

      On Poetry: June 2026

      New collections to make life more lyrical.

      Book Review

      Men Like Ours: A Novel

      By Bindu Bansinath

      Men Like Ours: A Novel

      A sharp, pitch-black thriller about culture and assimilation.

      Book Review

      No Contact: Writers on Estrangement

      Edited by Jenny Bartoy

      No Contact: Writers on Estrangement

      When survival means saying, “You’re dead to me.”

      Podcast

      Authors on Audio: Matthew Pinsker

      An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

      Book Review

      All Us Saints: A Novel

      By Katherine Packert Burke

      All Us Saints: A Novel

      Traumatized siblings reenact a night of violence.

      Book Review

      An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln

      The famously volatile figure is cast in a sympathetic light.