New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Essay: ‘I Read Morning, Night and in Between’: How One Novelist Came to Love Books
The Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma recalls how his father’s gift for storytelling led his son to discover the worlds between covers.
Nonfiction: Jonathan Franzen Despairs of a Planet Inhospitable to Birds
In his new collection of essays, “The End of the End of the Earth,” Franzen complains about groups that emphasize climate change at the expense of conservation.
Tell Them Of 'Battles, Kings,' And Michelangelo On The Bosporus
Mathias Énard's novel — newly translated from French — imagines what would have happened if Michelangelo had accepted an offer from the Ottoman ruler to design a bridge across the Golden Horn.
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Footnotes: The People of Mbomo Tell Their Stories
In “Congo Tales,” a new book about the second-largest tropical forest in the world, the story of a people and their home comes alive.
FIction: A Capacious New History of the Beastie Boys by the Two Who Remain
In “Beastie Boys Book,” Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz gather their memories, mementos and a lot more to offer a celebration of their band.
Nonfiction: Who’s Next? Roger Daltrey
The parade of rock memoirs continues, but “Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite” is a really good one.
The Book Review Podcast: Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2018
On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction.
Inside the List: The ‘Stranger Things’ Book Brims With Easter Eggs — Just Like the Show Itself
Fans of Netflix’s hit supernatural mystery will find all kinds of clues to the show’s third season in a new companion book.
Nonfiction: Is Chess a Sport? A New Book Says Yes
In “The Grandmaster,” Brin-Jonathan Butler covers the 2016 World Chess Championship, which pit Norway’s Magnus Carlsen against Russia’s Sergey Karjakin.
Fiction: Jeeves and Wooster Are Back in a Fizzy New Homage to P.G. Wodehouse
Think of Ben Schott’s “Jeeves and the King of Clubs” as “Downton Abbey” with a laugh track.
Fiction: An Unapologetically Feminist Western Novel
With “Heresy,” Melissa Lenhardt has delivered an all-out women-driven, queer, transgender, multiracial takeover of the Old West.
Nonfiction: New York City at War
John Strausbaugh’s “Victory City” describes a time of great heroes, and great villainy too.
Fiction: A Rich, Beautifully Rendered Mystery Evokes 15th-Century England
In Samantha Harvey’s immersive new novel, “The Western Wind,” the village priest spends four days unraveling a local murder.
Nonfiction: Music With Messages
A book on the Weavers and another on protest songs examine the connections between music and politics.
Nonfiction: Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter
Miranda Seymour’s dual biography, “In Byron’s Wake,” chronicles the lives of his widow, Annabella Milbanke, and his daughter, the mathematician Ada Lovelace.
Fiction: The Fantasy Master N.K. Jemisin Turns to Short Stories
The fans of her two series — the Inheritance trilogy and the Broken Earth trilogy — will find much to love in her new collection, “How Long ’Til Black Future Month?”
Nonfiction: A Life of Cy Twombly Brings a Poet’s Eye to the Artist’s Mythic Work
“Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly,” by Joshua Rivkin, the first biography of the artist, is a deeply personal work — as much about the biographer as his subject.
Nonfiction: A Lively, Fast-Paced Account of France’s Second Empire
“City of Light,” by Rupert Christiansen, recounts Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s swift modernization of Paris in the mid-19th century.
Fiction: Rap’s Radical First Act
“The Last Poets,” by Christine Otten, is a novelized account of the radical Harlem spoken-word group whose style and themes paved the way for contemporary rappers.
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