10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
When a Private British Corporation Ruled India
William Dalrymple’s “The Anarchy” describes the transformation of a corporation with a security force into a mighty army with a trading division.
Why Imani Perry Doesn’t Like Jane Austen’s Novels
The scholar and author, whose new book is “Breathe: A Letter to My Sons,” is “not engaged by books which I think of as ‘parlor people’ literature.”
Samantha Power Tells Of The Not-So-Simple 'Education Of An Idealist'
In her memoir, the former U.N. ambassador aims to show how she kept true to her idealistic nature despite facing the realities of foreign policy and world atrocities.
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Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least?
Higher education was meant to be a great equalizer. Paul Tough’s “The Years That Matter Most” suggests that colleges and universities are exacerbating inequality, not reducing it.
'Audience Of One' Aims To Show How TV Shaped Donald Trump — And Led To His Rise
James Poniewozik's book is both brilliant and daring, particularly when it comes to Trump's image-making. But there's a gap, the one between image and audience, that doesn't get enough attention.
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'The Only Plane In The Sky' Offers A Powerful, Graphic Narrative Of 9/11
When today's children someday ask "What was 9/11 really like?," Garrett Graff's book will be the answer: He vividly recounts the most upsetting and totemic moments — and critical, little-told others.
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When an Ancient Slander Against Jews Came to America
Edward Berenson’s “The Accusation” recounts how rumors that Jews were killing children for their blood spread in a small New York town.
The Forces That Are Killing the American Dream
Nicholas Lemann’s “Transaction Man” traces the national deterioration from a more equitable country to a more unjust one.
The Secret to Success Academy’s Top-Notch Test Scores
Robert Pondiscio spent a year embedded in one of the charter network’s controversial, high-performing schools. “How the Other Half Learns” is his account of what he learned.
What Samantha Power Learned on the Job
“The Education of an Idealist,” by Samantha Power, describes how her years with the Obama administration forced her to alter her thinking on foreign policy.
Dr. Livingstone, We Presume?
Petina Gappah’s novel “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” is narrated by the Africans who carried the explorer’s corpse to the coast, a journey of 1,500 miles.
Is Meritocracy to Blame for Our Yawning Class Divide?
“The Meritocracy Trap,” by the Yale Law School professor Daniel Markovits, argues that far from being fair or merit-based, our social system perpetuates inequality.
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.
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