Fiction: A Heroine Who Lives at Once in Elizabethan England and 21st-Century New York
Sandra Newman’s novel “The Heavens” explores notions of time travel, romance and mental stability.
When 'Everything' Is Changing, Stories Have A Role To Play
The editors of this new anthology — drawn from a story contest run by Arizona State University — argue that stories are as necessary as policy and technology in the fight against climate change.
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Nonfiction: An Economist’s Argument for Preserving Communities
Raghuram Rajan’s “The Third Pillar” contends that economic growth is not enough to ensure a nation’s health.
Nonfiction: Toni Morrison: First Lady of Letters
“The Source of Self-Regard,” a new collection of essays and lectures spanning four decades of the author’s career, cements her status as an unparalleled literary innovator.
'Vacuum In The Dark' Is Fun, Funny — But Never Frivolous
Jen Beagin is a wonderfully funny writer with a knack for serious subjects. Her exuberant new novel follows a young house cleaner who grew up too fast and is trying to reinvent herself.
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'The Raven Tower' Rises From Shakespearean Foundations
Ann Leckie's new fantasy novel is packed with family intrigue, throne-room maneuvering and nods to Hamlet in its story of a son who comes home to find his father missing and his uncle in power.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: A Father’s Corpse Journeys Across War-Torn Syria in This Masterly Novel
“Death Is Hard Work,” by the lauded Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, is his first to be set during the country’s current war.
Fiction: Han Kang’s Novel Is a Politically Tinged Eulogy for a Dead Sister
In “The White Book,” a Korean novelist wanders the city of Warsaw, haunted by her family’s loss — and by her country’s inability to mourn its own losses.
'Say Nothing' Is A Timely Warning That Ireland's Old Wounds Are Easily Opened
New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe excels at exposing the past as he tells the story of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 who disappeared after masked men abducted her during Ireland's Troubles.
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'Separate' Is An Eye-Opening Journey Through Some Of America's Darkest Passages
Author Steve Luxenberg repeatedly manages to tell us stories around Plessy v. Ferguson that capture both the hope and the hopelessness that has been central to America's long argument about race.
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'American Spy' Is A Thrilling Debut With No Simple Answers
Lauren Wilkinson's sharp debut novel about a black woman living a double life as a spy spans three decades and leapfrogs from New York to the Caribbean to West Africa.
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Nonfiction: Frans de Waal Embraces Animal Emotions in ‘Mama’s Last Hug’
In his new book, the renowned ethnologist argues that emotions are key to understanding both human and animal behavior.
'The White Book' Finds Beauty In Loss
Han Kang's new novel isn't quite a novel — it's a gorgeous, hard-to-categorize series of reflections, themed around the color white, on grief, mourning and what it means to remember those we've lost.
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The Week in Books
The Oscars, a new history of Northern Ireland, Isaac Mizrahi and more.
An Appraisal: Tomi Ungerer Transformed Darkness With Whimsy and Glee
The iconoclastic artist’s picture books comforted children and made adults uncomfortable.
Chronin's Elegant, Minimalist Samurai Adventure Is – Literally – Timeless
Alison Wilgus' graphic novel imagines a time-traveling history student from 2042 New York who finds herself trapped in Japan in 1864, masquerading as a male warrior as she tries to find a way home.
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Graphic Content: Graphic Novels in the Age of Trump
In his latest Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at James Sturm’s “Off Season” and Elly Lonon and Joan Reilly’s “Amongst the Liberal Elite.”
The Book Review Podcast: Seeking Silence
Gal Beckerman discusses “How to Disappear,” by Akiko Busch, and “Silence,” by Jane Brox; and Steve Luxenberg talks about “Separate.”
Nonfiction: ‘Say Nothing’ — Part History, Part True Crime — Illuminates the Bitter Conflict in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe’s stunning new book uses the 1972 murder and abduction of a Belfast mother of 10 to tell the story of the Troubles.
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