Sarah Lyall's profile photo

Sarah Lyall

New York

Writer at Large at The New York Times

New York Times writer at large; re-planted New Yorker

Featured in: Favicon nytimes.com Favicon uol.com.br (+1) Favicon msn.com Favicon globo.com Favicon estadao.com.br Favicon terra.com.br Favicon independent.co.uk Favicon indiatimes.com Favicon yahoo.com (+6) Favicon clarin.com

Articles

  • 5 days ago | nytimes.com | Sarah Lyall

    Our columnist on the month's best new releases. This month's books all provide pleasingly fresh variations on a familiar theme: a troubled person's reluctant return home to confront old traumas, and possibly unsolved murders, from long ago. Whether this is a good plan (or not) is an open question.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sarah Lyall

    In Chris Pavone's new novel, "The Doorman," the real world closes in on residents of a luxury apartment building. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. THE DOORMAN, by Chris PavoneChicky Diaz, the title character of Chris Pavone's new novel, has worked at the Bohemia, one of the Upper West Side's grandest apartment buildings, for nearly three decades.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sarah Lyall

    Damn That Spruill! On Friendship, Literature, and the Enduring Genius of MiddlemarchIf you are like me, you have friends with whom you love to talk about books. Each gets excited about something he recently read and wants to share …

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sarah Lyall

    17 hours agoAngus Young, the AC/DC guitarist who still dresses in the round cap and short pants of an Australian schoolboy (despite turning 70 in March), once gave an amazing response to a frequent criticism about his band: People say AC/DC, founded in Sydney in 1973 (and playing a sold-out show at Soldier …

  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | Sarah Lyall

    Known for reinventing New York dining (and his blunt commentary on social media), Keith McNally doesn't waste time lamenting, though the title of his memoir suggests otherwise. "I can't bear it when people say they have no regrets. I really don't understand how that could be true," said Keith McNally, whose memoir is called "I Regret Almost Everything." Credit...

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers
25K
Tweets
12K
DMs Open
No
Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall @sarahlyall
28 Apr 25

RT @ravmattu: “As the great Canadian poet Joni Mitchell said, ‘You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.' The possibility of it all be…

Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall @sarahlyall
6 Jan 25

RT @dieworkwear: This looks like the only thing I can afford at Tiffany's. Sorry mom. https://t.co/aBKJTtnKTL

Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall @sarahlyall
2 Jan 25

RT @RBmediaAuthors: Now through 01/15, save 70% on the "Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British" audiobook by @sarahlyall https://t.co/Wi…