Books

Copies of the novel Taiwan Travelogue, which received the International Booker Prize this year, are seen at a bookstore in Taipei on May 21, 2026. I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published a critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in the London Review of Books. Wilson has loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. She has tattoos of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other — she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania via Liveright Publishing hide caption

Leïla Slimani's latest book, I'll Take the Fire, is the third in a trilogy inspired by generations of her Moroccan French family. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller The Perfect Nanny. She's pictured above in Paris on March 17, 2026. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Nephi Craig's mother is White Mountain Apache and his father is Diné Navajo. He grew up on both reservations. Ari Carter Craig/Penguin Random House hide caption

A gold-colored item embossed with the word "President" sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

Kennedy Ryan's latest novel, Score, follows two former college sweethearts reunited while making a film about the Harlem Renaissance. 2 PM Sharp hide caption