The Future Looks Very Different on Opposite Sides of Los Angeles
In “Show Them You’re Good,” Jeff Hobbs examines the high school experiences of boys in Beverly Hills and Compton.
New & Noteworthy, From Ants to Erin Brockovich
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
How Ronald Reagan Triumphed
Rick Perlstein’s “Reaganland” completes his multivolume survey of American conservatism with the 1980 election victory of Ronald Reagan.
A Road Trip With One of the 20th Century’s Greatest Writers
“Borges and Me,” a memoir by Jay Parini, recounts a young poet’s travels with Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine master.
Scenes From a Marriage: One Cheats, the Other Wants To
Cree LeFavour’s first novel, “Private Means,” examines the tribulations of an Upper West Side couple.
These Books Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson and the astrophysicist Sara Seager write about the allure of studying space.
These Books Transport You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson and the astrophysicist Sara Seager write about the allure of studying space.
Updating the ‘You Go Girl’ Book Collection
New children’s books published to mark the 19th Amendment’s 100th anniversary provide a wider lens than Alice Paul and dig deeper than “Girls Rule!”
Feeling Deluged By News? Let 'The Daughters Of Ys' Wash Over You
M.T. Anderson's new graphic novel — with gorgeous art by Jo Rioux — adapts the old legend of the drowned city of Ys, giving it better, fuller female characters and a timely environmental message.
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The Music and the Mirror
In Hope Larson’s graphic novel “All Together Now,” an eighth-grade singer-songwriter struggles to find her voice after the band she started breaks up.
Bone Up on Shakespeare, With a Skeleton and His Ankle-Nibbling Nemesis
Jeremy and Hermione Tankard’s “Yorick and Bones: The Last Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare” is poignant tickle-your-ribs entertainment.
Doris Lessing’s ‘Golden Notebook’ and Our Era of Unrest
Lessing’s 1962 novel is far from a manifesto. But in its embrace of chaos and split identities, it captures the mood of both its time and ours.
The Radical Ordinariness of Carol Shields’s Literary World
The acclaimed novelist and story writer, who died in 2003, depicted the everyday experiences and domestic concerns of women — themes that deserve more literary recognition.
The Fictional World of Edward P. Jones
A.O. Scott talks about Jones’s work and the American experience, and Eric Jay Dolin discusses “A Furious Sky.”
Plucky Characters? Ugh. Make Mine Prickly and Difficult.
Marilyn Stasio finds much to like in the latest batch of crime novels, filled with abrasive, unpleasant sorts.
How the Battle for Women’s Suffrage Played Out in the Pages of the Book Review
What did our critics think of the histories, memoirs and novels that explored the road to the 19th Amendment?
Remembering Poland’s Doomed Fight Against the Nazis
Roger Moorhouse’s “Poland 1939” looks back at the very beginning of World War II to understand what happened and what might have happened.
Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals.
Three new books — by Jennifer Ackerman, Sarah Maslin Nir and Patrik Svensson — explore some familiar and some less known members of the animal kingdom.
New in Paperback:
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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