Nonfiction: Anglos, Hispanics and the Formation of America
Carrie Gibson’s “El Norte” tells the story of a painful and often forgotten past.
Nonfiction: Guns, Drugs and Money: Taking Down the Drug Kingpin Paul Le Roux
In “The Mastermind,” Evan Ratliff shows how a teenage tech nerd transformed himself into a cartel boss, overseeing operations from North Korea to Somalia to Brazil.
Nonfiction: Climate Change and Human History
Philipp Blom’s “Nature’s Mutiny” looks at the impact of the 17th century’s “little ice age” on civilization.
Nonfiction: Donald Trump, Tragic Hero
In “The Case for Trump,” the classicist Victor Davis Hanson sees echoes of a Greek tragedy.
In 'Solitary,' Determination And Humanity Win Over Injustice
Albert Woodfox's timely account of his wrongful conviction and time in solitary confinement shows that some spirits are unbreakable; it should be required reading in an age of Black Lives Matter.
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'Survival Math' Is A Spellbinding Narrative In Essays
Author Mitchell S. Jackson trains his formidable linguistic skills on his turbulent youth growing up in a poor black community in Portland, Oregon, one of the whitest cities in the country.
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'A Friend Is A Gift' For Crime Novel Fans
William Boyle's new novel follows mob widow Rena, her granddaughter and an ex-porn-star neighbor, on the run from a crazed mafia enforcer in — what else? — a 1962 Chevy Impala.
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Fiction: Rising Seas, Migrants, War: A Timely Novel From John Lanchester
In “The Wall,” Britain — spared during a catastrophic global environmental disaster — barricades itself inside a massive concrete barrier.
Fiction: A Rock Band Novel — and a Snapshot of the Bell-Bottomed 1970s
Presented as an oral history, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Daisy Jones & The Six” charts the ascent of a hard-partying, iconic band.
'Say Nothing': Murder, Memory And A Masterful History Of The Troubles
Patrick Radden Keefe's new book begins with the 1972 disappearance of a 38-year-old widowed mother in Belfast, then spins into an epic account of Northern Ireland's bloody sectarian conflict.
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Nonfiction: Growing Up With Murder All Around
Alex Kotlowitz’s “An American Summer” describes life on Chicago’s meanest streets.
5 Things About Your Book: Gabriel García Márquez in the Eyes of Those Who Knew Him
Silvana Paternostro’s new oral history, “Solitude & Company,” recounts the Nobel Prize winner’s life from childhood through worldwide fame.
'The Border' Is Shakespeare For Our Times — Seriously
Don Winslow's sprawling, operatic epic about the War on Drugs has some flaws, but it does the same thing Shakespeare's histories did: It simplifies current events into messy, bloody, gripping theater.
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The Week in Books
New titles to watch for in March, Toni Morrison’s new collection, Min Jin Lee on bell hooks and more.
This 'Devil's Daughter' Has Charm To Spare
Lisa Kleypas mashes up two of her romance sagas — the Regency-era Wallflowers and the Victorian Ravenels — in a delightful story about a sheltered widow and her roguish suitor.
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The Book Review Podcast: A Gripping Political Mystery in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe talks about “Say Nothing,” and Frans de Waal discusses “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves.”
'Mama's Last Hug' Makes Case That Humans Are Not Alone In Experiencing Emotions
In his new book, primate behavior researcher Frans de Waal writes that "emotions are everywhere in the animal kingdom, from fish to birds to insects and even in brainy mollusks such as the octopus."
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'Dead Men's Trousers' Takes The Trainspotting Crew For A Last, Too-Long Ride
Irvine Welsh catches up with Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud — now middle aged and gone their separate ways — for what he says is the last installment in the Trainspotting saga.
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Children’s Books: In a Memoir, Laurie Halse Anderson Gets Personal About Rape
Anderson’s novel “Speak” broke open the silence about teenagers and sexual assault. Now “Shout” aims to help other victims find their voices.
Crime: From Drug Cartels to the Mafia, Crime Runs in the Family
Marilyn Stasio’s latest Crime column showcases Mexican thugs, Brooklyn mob wives, a dutiful Mississippi son and an aristocrat whose adoption scheme turns deadly.
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