Children’s Books: Picture Books That Bring Black Heroes to Life
The life of a legendary cowboy, a tribute to the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, a shout-out to hip-hop and more.
From Our Archives: Revisiting Marlon James’s Debut Novel, “John Crow’s Devil”
Before you read Michiko Kakutani’s review of “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” check out our 2005 review of Marlon James’s first book.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Profile: Valeria Luiselli, At Home in Two Worlds
The Mexican writer has made a name for herself with experimental books and essays. Her latest, “Lost Children Archive,” is a road trip novel that shows off her intellectual sensibilities.
'Brave, Not Perfect' Speaks To The Scarcity Of Women In Tech
In a new book, Reshma Saujani of Girls Who Code joins a chorus of voices warning of devastating consequences if girls don't partake in tech — and suggesting girls should be encouraged to take risks.
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Nonfiction: The Black Sergeant and the White Judge Who Changed Civil Rights History
“Unexampled Courage,” by Richard Gergel, is a riveting account of the 1946 legal case that spurred the federal government to act in defense of racial equality.
By the Book: Maria Popova: By the Book
The author of “Figuring” (and the brain behind the Brain Pickings website) likes how children’s books speak “a language of absolute sincerity, so deliciously countercultural in our age of cynicism.”
Match Book: So You’ve Read ‘The House of Mirth.’ Now What?
Edith Wharton’s 1905 classic offers endless fodder for comparison with the empathetic social novels that succeeded it.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: An Ominous Sleeping Sickness Paralyzes a Small California Town in ‘The Dreamers’
In Karen Thompson Walker’s second novel, people stop waking up in the morning. They’re not dead, just trapped in a dream-filled netherworld.
'The Collected Schizophrenias' Conveys What It's Like To Live With A 'Hidden' Illness
In her new book of riveting, honest, courageous essays, Esmé Weijun Wang provides a series of lenses through which to observe schizophrenic disorders and, by extension, our (mis)understanding of them.
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You'll Find 12 Fresh And Unforgettable Essays In 'Black Is The Body'
Emily Bernard was recovering from a knife attack — a "bizarre act of violence" — when she decided to write a book of essays rooted, autobiographically, in the blackness of her own body.
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'Hard To Love' Offers Tribute To Life's Many, Varied Relationships
Author Briallen Hopper takes us into her unusually expansive love life, complete with knotty familial relationships, deep friendships, and emotional investment in the fictional and material worlds.
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Grief Conquers Language — Almost — In 'Where Reasons End'
Yiyun Li wrote her devastating, brilliant new novel after the suicide of her son — in it, the unnamed narrator confronts the same situation, holding an extended conversation with her own dead son.
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Nonfiction: A Dying Young Woman Reminds Us How to Live
Julie Yip-Williams’s memoir, “The Unwinding of the Miracle,” written before her death at 42 last year, is an exquisitely moving exhortation to the living.
Journalism's Battles Are On Display In Jill Abramson's 'Merchants Of Truth'
The former New York Times editor's examination of four news outlets pits new against old, mercenary versus honorable — and is unlikely to inspire the next generation of journalists.
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Fiction: A First Novel Exposes the Hollow Core of the Global Big Ideas Industry
In “Same Same,” the renowned graphic designer Peter Mendelsund presents a metafictional sendup of artists’ retreats and tech-industry think tanks.
Children’s Books: In Angie Thomas’s ‘On the Come Up,’ a Young Rapper Finds Her Way
The follow-up to “The Hate U Give” introduces a heroine whose late father was a local hip-hop legend. She has a struggling mom, a venal manager and a ton of talent.
In 'Go Ahead In The Rain,' The Love For A Tribe Called Quest Is Infectious
Author Hanif Abdurraqib has a seemingly limitless capacity to share what moves him and to invite the reader in: His love for these music-makers is contagious, even when it breaks his heart.
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