Malcolm Gladwell’s Advice When ‘Talking to Strangers’: Be Careful
His latest book looks at society’s long history of getting it wrong when it comes to judging people.
Is Global Warming the 21st Century’s Black Death?
In his novel “Gun Island,” Amitav Ghosh challenges readers to deploy all their powers, rational and magical, to confront the demons of climate change.
Contemporary American Angst, in a Single, Thousand-Word Sentence
Lucy Ellmann’s “Ducks, Newburyport” is the only American novel longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
The Great Art Stolen by Hitler
Mary M. Lane’s “Hitler’s Last Hostages” reports on an art collection, including work by Picasso, Matisse and Degas, that the Nazis had seized from their victims.
Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS
Azadeh Moaveni’s “Guest House for Young Widows” tries to understand why middle-class girls and women would join a jihadist movement.
‘The Institute’ Might Be Stephen King’s Scariest Novel Yet
The terror doesn’t come from ghosts or fiends or clowns — it’s ordinary people, folks just like you and me, who are the evil ones.
From the Author of ‘Room,’ Another Bittersweet Family Novel
In Emma Donoghue’s “Akin,” a cranky retired professor unexpectedly becomes the guardian of an 11-year-old great-nephew he’s never met.
Was Michael Bloomberg New York City’s Greatest Mayor?
Eleanor Randolph’s “The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg” offers a careful assessment of Bloomberg’s life and times.
The Persistence of the Oldest Hatred
In “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” Bari Weiss examines the various abuses Jews have suffered simply for being Jews, including a recent flaring on the left.
While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller
Miller’s latest historical novel, “Now We Shall Be Entirely Free,” plunges readers deep into the 18th-century England of the Peninsular War.
The Obsession That Inspired Great Poetry, if Not Great Romance
Martin Walser’s novel “A Man in Love” depicts the elderly Goethe’s infatuation with a young woman, which led him to compose the “Marienbad Elegy.”
New & Noteworthy, From Immigrant Writing to a New ‘Darkness at Noon’
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
When the C.I.A. Was Into Mind Control
Stephen Kinzer’s “Poisoner in Chief” describes the C.I.A. in the Cold War years, when it was testing LSD and other drugs on citizens, often without their knowledge.
A New Collection Upends Conventional Wisdom About Migration
“The Penguin Book of Migration Literature,” edited by Dohra Ahmad, is designed to tell a more sophisticated version of the subject than the linear narrative of departure, arrival and assimilation.
Atwood Hints At A Brighter Future In 'Handmaid' Sequel 'The Testaments'
Margaret Atwood's The Testaments opens about 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the follow-up gives her what she wants most: the promise of an end to Gilead.
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Smart, Snarky 'Gideon The Ninth' Swears Her Way Through The Stars
Tamsyn Muir's new novel is a sci-fi-horror-fantasy-romance mashup that's entirely its own thing, full of snark and darkness, sometimes deep and sometimes shallow, and unexpectedly heartbreaking.
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When George Takei Was Imprisoned in an American Internment Camp
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at Takei’s graphic novel, “They Called Us Enemy,” as well as Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “Grass.”
Do Men and Women Have Different Brains?
Gina Rippon’s “Gender and Our Brains” analyzes the history of brain science and the attempt to understand if gender marks our gray matter.
'Tinfoil Butterfly' Spreads Twitchy, Monstrous Wings
Rachel Eve Moulton's story about a young woman and a mysterious not-a-boy, in an abandoned town in the Black Bills of South Dakota, will crawl into you and give you the shudders — just let it.
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In 'Talking To Strangers,' Malcolm Gladwell Explores Why It's So Hard To Do
The latest book by the author of Outliers and The Tipping Point looks at miscommunication throughout history — and finds it's really hard to know whom to believe.
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