The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About
“Our Bodies, Their Battlefields,” by Christina Lamb, a British foreign correspondent, provides one of the first exhaustive examinations of rape as a weapon of war.
Life in an America Where Some Are Only ‘Conditional Citizens’
In her first nonfiction book, the novelist Laila Lalami offers a wrenching look at her experience as a naturalized citizen and the challenges endured by immigrants like her.
A Love Triangle and a Variety Show in Seaside England
“Here We Are,” by Graham Swift, is a nostalgic look at the world of magicians and song-and-dance acts facing changes in taste and technology.
The Divisions That Are Destroying the Country
In “Divided We Fall,” David French warns that secession movements are a real possibility for the future.
Latest Tell-All, By Former National Security Adviser McMaster, Is Not All About Trump
This book may be the master in-depth briefing H.R. McMaster always wanted to give the president. For better or worse, it seems listening to lengthy historical explanations has not been Trump's style.
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Susanna Clarke Divines Magic In Long-Awaited Novel 'Piranesi'
Clarke fans waited 16 years for this follow-up to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Here, Clarke limns a magic that is part of the very fabric of the universe.
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8 Picture Books About Ordinary Kids’ Everyday Activism
From making soup to creating a butterfly garden, everyone can do something.
Poirot's The Star, But His Sidekick Shines In 'Kingfisher Hill'
The latest installment in the Hercule Poirot franchise — now being written by Sophie Hannah — is a masterful, multilayered puzzle in which Poirot's assistant Inspector Catchpool plays a key role.
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'Never Look Back' Updates An Ancient Story Of Love And Loss
Lilliam Rivera's new young adult novel reimagines Orpheus and Eurydice as Afro-Latinx teens in New York, bringing something new to the old tale by giving Eurydice her own baggage and her own story.
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Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real
These four thrillers may be gussied up with future settings, but the problems they confront are rooted in today’s world.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Ayad Akhtar on Truth and Fiction
Akhtar discusses “Homeland Elegies” and Marc Lacey talks about “Cry Havoc,” by Michael Signer, and “The Violence Inside Us,” by Chris Murphy.
New in Paperback: ‘Speaking American’ and ‘The Seine’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
All-American Stories by Walter Mosley, Matthew Baker and Ron Rash
Three new collections explore the abuses, hypocrisies and awkwardnesses of living in this country today.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Claudia Rankine on the Ways Race Haunts Her Imagination, and America’s
In her new book, “Just Us,” the poet and essayist repeatedly asks how race is understood and manifested in American culture.
'Here We Are' Conjures Magic From Ordinary Lives
Graham Smith's new novel seems at first to be a light little story about a seaside love triangle in Brighton, England in the 1950s — but it turns out to be about something far deeper.
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The Back Story Behind ‘Transcendent Kingdom’: Yaa Gyasi Is a Solid Friend
Loyalty spurred the best-selling author to visit a neuroscientist’s lab. What she saw there inspired her next narrator.
Why Michael Ian Black Doesn’t Like Mystery Novels
“Just tell me who did it.”
Revisiting the ‘Violent Ballets’ of Jack Kirby
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park explores books capturing Kirby’s life and work, including a new biography by Tom Scioli.
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