Following the Trail of a Nazi Mass Murderer Who Was Never Caught
Philippe Sands’s “The Ratline” tells the story of a loving family man who was also a high-ranking Nazi official responsible for the deaths of thousands.
In the West Bank, Violence Begets More Violence
In Rebecca Sacks’s debut novel, “City of a Thousand Gates,” the lives of a sprawling cast of Israelis and Palestinians intermingle across the border.
How Kamala Harris Rose — and Rose
“Kamala’s Way” is the story of Harris’s dramatic political career, as told by the longtime California journalist Dan Morain.
A Debut Novel Examines the Alluring Trap of Our Online Personas
“Fake Accounts,” Lauren Oyler’s debut novel, considers how social media has reconfigured our behavior, relationships and how we think of ourselves.
He Can’t Carry a Tune, but Chang-rae Lee Has a Song to Sing
“My Year Abroad,” his sixth novel, is about letting yourself plunge into the world, even when it hurts. He’s been thinking about that a lot over these past, painful months.
'We Came, We Saw, We Left' Takes Us On One Family's Gap Year Adventure
Dartmouth's Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Economics, writes about his nine-month globetrot in 2016 with his wife and their teenagers — offering a refreshing escape during these isolating times.
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Navigating the Maze of Paying for College
Ron Lieber talks about “The Price You Pay for College,” and Michael J. Stephen discusses “Breath Taking: The Power, Fragility, and Future of Our Extraordinary Lungs.”
In 'Soul City,' One Man Envisions A Place Where Black People Have Power, Opportunity
Author Thomas Healy chronicles how, in 1969, Floyd McKissick went about building a city from scratch, only to have his dreams dashed by a combination of prejudice and bureaucracy.
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Order and Chaos, Mostly Chaos, in 3 Debut Novels
New fiction starring a 7-year-old selling hardware, a disgraced queer playwright, and an unlikely throuple expecting a child.
Mystery Boxes and Budding Loves: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
“The Absolute Book,” by Elizabeth Knox, takes on a number of genres, while “Winter’s Orbit,” by Everina Maxwell, stays true to one.
New in Paperback: ‘Supreme Inequality’ and ‘Little Gods’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Cartoons, JFK’s Victory and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'My Year Abroad' Is A Fun Excursion — Just A Little Light On Substance
Chang-rae Lee's new novel follows an aimless college student on his year overseas, taking readers from the New Jersey suburbs into some of the more luxurious reaches of Asian megacities.
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Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again
“I’ve read Neruda, Walcott, Brooks, Lorca and Hayden multiple times — everything they have written. Over and over, and yet I continue to discover something new.”
How Do We Regain Trust in Institutions?
In “Mistrust,” Ethan Zuckerman looks at the forces in American society trying to work around eroding systems, and those trying to build them back up.
Books Are Back in the White House — And One of Them Is by Angie Thomas
The best-selling author just found out that her debut novel is soon to be on the first lady’s bedside table.
Joan Didion's 'Let Me Tell You What I Mean' Offers Plenty Of 'Journalistic Gold'
What's particularly salient in this book of previously uncollected essays is Didion's trademark farsightedness — especially striking decades later. But it does leave one wishing to hear from her now.
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A Captivating New Picture Book Celebrates the ‘British Schindler’
In “Nicky & Vera,” Peter Sís tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from Czechoslovakia as World War II loomed.
Does It Make Sense to Call Anyone ‘Normal’?
In “Nobody’s Normal,” Roy Richard Grinker describes a centuries-old quest to define normalcy — and the enduring stigma that came from it.
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