THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (February 8, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Stages Of Life’…

5 New Books We Recommend This Week

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

25 Years Ago, Joan Didion Kept a Diary. It’s About to Become Public.

The notes, taken after meetings with her psychiatrist, will be published in April as a book, “Notes to John.” They provide a raw account of her life, her work and her complex relationship with her daughter.

How Big Tech Mined Our Attention and Broke Our Politics

“Superbloom,” by Nicholas Carr, and “The Sirens’ Call,” by the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, argue that we are ill equipped to handle the infinite scroll of the information age.