The Week in Books
E L James after “Fifty Shades,” Ruth Reichl’s delicious new memoir, Sally Rooney and more.
'Optic Nerve' Tells A Life Story Through Visions Of Art
María Gainza's protagonist — also named María — combines the her experiences of art with her personal experiences for an unpretentious, imaginative and compelling account of her life.
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Nonfiction: To Escape Her Grief, and Work Through It, an Author Starts Running
After her father died, Katie Arnold became a marathon runner. Her luminous memoir, “Running Home,” explores why.
The Book Review Podcast: Ruth Reichl’s Delicious New Memoir
Reichl discusses “Save Me the Plums,” and Emily Bazelon talks about “Charged.”
Poetry: In ‘Magical Negro,’ Morgan Parker’s Poems Challenge White Ideas of Blackness
Parker’s third collection provides its audience a space to celebrate black excellence and black joy as well as to commiserate about injustice.
Beyond Crabgrass: A Look At America's 'Radical Suburbs'
Amanda Kolson Hurley is well-acquainted with suburbia's many negative stereotypes. But in a new book, she asks us to take a look at what is possible in this realm when the human spirit is at its best.
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Sketchbook: A Fittingly Absurd Quiz for Samuel Beckett’s 113th Birthday
Can you recognize the albums bearing the names of the Irish playwright’s works?
Children’s Books: New Picture Books Bring Dogs and Cats to Life, Hilariously
Lazy, rambunctious, downright weird: The cats and dogs in these stories are unique, lovable — and relatable.
Fiction: A Novel Whose Hero Is a Man Divided, as Is His Native Palestine
In “The Parisian,” Isabella Hammad conjures up the Middle East between the two world wars, its tensions expressed in the coming-of-age of an Arab man.
Inside the List: How Liane Moriarty, Kate DiCamillo and Jacqueline Woodson Got Their Starts
On their websites, famous novelists talk frankly about how they became writers.
New in Paperback: ‘The Overstory,’ ‘Country Dark’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Shortlist: Three Poets Who Find Meaning, and Material, in Lived Experience
David Orr’s “Dangerous Household Items,” John Koethe’s “Walking Backwards” and Sarah Gambito’s “Loves You” celebrate daily moments in very different registers.
Nonfiction: Two New Books Dramatically Capture the Climate Change Crisis
In David Wallace-Wells’s “The Uninhabitable Earth” and Nathaniel Rich’s “Losing Earth,” we have a picture of the increasingly dire problem of global warming.
From Our Archives: Going Back to the Battle of the Black Sea in ‘Black Hawk Down’
In 1999, the journalist Mark Bowden wrote “Black Hawk Down,” documenting the 1993 United States military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring
Andrew Ridker’s “The Altruists” charts how expectations clash when a widower’s two adult children return to the family home in St. Louis.
In 'Freedom's Detective,' A Flawed But Remarkable Hiram Whitley Infiltrates The KKK
Journalist Charles Lane's account is endlessly gripping — and he does an excellent job of placing the operation in historical context, chronicling racism and resentment in the South post-Civil War.
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Virginia Hall, The Subject Of 'A Woman Of No Importance,' Was Anything But
A very smooth read about a rocky life, Sonia Purnell's biography of the masterful WWII spy is a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance.
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The Enthusiast: In Praise of Esmeralda Santiago
The island of Puerto Rico, where my parents came from, is displayed with beauty and poignancy by Santiago.
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