Essay: The ‘Moral Clarity’ of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50
The novelist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers makes the case for the enduring influence of Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel about the lasting trauma of war.
'Our History Is The Future' Puts Standing Rock In Broader Native American Story
In his new book, Nick Estes points a way forward, with solidarity and without sentimentality, to an idea of Indigenous land alive with ancestry and renewal.
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Fiction: Valeria Luiselli Traces the Youngest Casualties of the Border Crisis
Her latest novel, “Lost Children Archive,” follows a New York family on a cross-country journey to strengthen the bonds of family.
Fiction: Helen Oyeyemi Dishes Up Magic in Her New Novel, ‘Gingerbread’
She’s taken old fairy tales, seasoned them with 20th-century history and pop-culture references, and frosted them with whimsical, even bizarre details.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
'The Wolf And The Watchman' Has Some Serious Bite
Niklas Natt och Dag's new novel is both ornate period piece — set in the grit and grime of late-18th-century Stockholm — and riveting murder mystery starring a mismatched pair of proto-gumshoes.
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In Wildly Satirical 'Man-Eaters,' Teen Girls Turn Into Ferocious Panthers
In the world of writer Chelsea Cain and artist Kate Niemczyk, women are seen as dangerous animals. They bring that world to life with pages and pages of ephemera: fake ads, pamphlets, even a magazine.
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'Long Live The Tribe Of Fatherless Girls' Is Compassionate, Without Being Apologetic
In exposing the bad and ugly of girlhood alongside the good, T Kira Madden has succeeded in creating a mirror of larger concerns, even as her own story is achingly specific and personal.
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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.
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