Pigeons: Nuisance Animals, or Expert Accomplices in Diamond Smuggling?
In “Flight of the Diamond Smugglers,” Matthew Gavin Frank details the surprising role pigeons play in South African diamond smuggling.
Pigeons Star In A Tale Of Mining In 'Flight Of The Diamond Smugglers'
Journalist Matthew Gavin Frank exposes the history of South Africa's nefarious diamond industry, accompanied by a tale of pigeons and their role in subversion, in crisp and poetic prose.
(Image credit: Liveright)
Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact?
In her new novel, “The Smash-Up,” Ali Benjamin takes readers on an exhilarating ride through a crisis propelled by real-life events.
‘The Smash-Up,’ by Ali Benjamin: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Smash-Up,” by Ali Benjamin
The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work
“Tangled Up in Blue,” by Rosa Brooks, and “We Own This City,” by Justin Fenton, take readers inside two police forces (in Washington and Baltimore) to examine a complicated culture.
The Life of a Soldier
New books look at what it was like to be in the Roman military 2,000 years ago and in the American military today.
They Were Black. Their Parents Were White. Growing Up Was Complicated.
“Raceless,” by Georgina Lawton, and “Surviving The White Gaze,” by Rebecca Carroll, follow two Black women who discover their racial identity after a childhood separated from their heritage.
A Drug-Fueled New York City Bacchanal and the Lives It Changed
The protagonist of Jack Livings’s novel, “The Blizzard Party,” recalls the late-1970s blowout bash in an Upper West Side penthouse that marked her and her family forever.
True Crime Gets Its Close-Up
In “Two Truths and a Lie,” “Confident Women” and “The Officer’s Daughter,” readers feel the aftershocks of felonies and malfeasances.
Growing Up With a Revolution, and a Mystic Grandmother
“The Bone Fire,” by Gyorgy Dragoman, follows a 13-year-old girl as she navigates political upheaval and an uncanny world.
New & Noteworthy, From Isabel Allende to Robert Walser
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Two Memoirists Explore Abuse and Survival
Tanya Selvaratnam and Vanessa Springora both survived powerful, manipulative men. Now they’re telling their tales.
Chasing Down a Deadbeat Dad, With a Knife Strapped to Her Leg
“The Slaughterman’s Daughter,” by Yaniv Iczkovits, is a sprawling 19th-century quest narrative set in czarist Russia.
Book Review: ‘Animal, Vegetable, Junk,’ by Mark Bittman
In “Animal, Vegetable, Junk,” Mark Bittman tells the long, unfolding story of our food sources, tracking the shift from agriculture to agribusiness.
In 'Nubia: Real One,' Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You're A Threat
Nubia has been many things over decades of comics: Wonder Woman's sister, her rival, a guardian of the underworld. Now, L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith have re-imagined her as a Black American teenager.
(Image credit: DC Comics)
Winter Not Cold Enough? Here Are 3 YA Thrillers To Chill You
Prickly, angry girls get to the bottom of mysterious disappearances — or cause them — in these three angsty YA novels, from a retelling of "The Cask of Amontillado" to a wild and frozen dystopia.
(Image credit: Walker Books)
Writing About Illness Without Platitudes
Suleika Jaouad talks about “Between Two Kingdoms,” and Jason Zinoman discusses great memoirs by comedians.
Kindred Spirits: 2 Collections of Native Mythology for Children and Their Adults
In “Ancestor Approved” and “The Sea-Ringed World,” sacred stories provide comfort by bringing people together.
New in Paperback: ‘Becoming’ and ‘Hidden Valley Road’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Public Libraries, Life Without Parole and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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