Children’s Books: These Sequels Will Keep Your Young Reader Hooked
Take note, parents! If a kid likes a book, it’s almost a guarantee he’ll like the sequel. Here are new ones from Jennifer L. Holm, Tim Federle and more.
Children’s Books: Showing the Indelible, Imperiled Bonds Between Animals and People
“Tales From the Inner City,” by the acclaimed Shaun Tan, uses weird, striking images to tell stories about how we share the earth with creatures.
Michelle Obama Tells The Story Of 'Becoming' Herself — And The Struggle To Hang On
The former first lady's new book is a story about her history, how that influenced who she is — and learning to adapt after agreeing to let that life be hijacked by politics.
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Children’s Books: These Books Let Kids Fight Their Own Battles
Parents are no help at all as the young protagonists in new books by Matt Phelan, Kenneth Oppel and more battle dinosaurs, mutant cats and other foes.
Children’s Books: A Father’s Tribute to His Son With Down Syndrome
The artist Gusti has created a picture book about how he came to embrace the richness of life with his special-needs son. Adults and children alike will be moved by “Mallko and Dad.”
Children’s Books: In These Stunning Picture Books, Children Navigate a Big, Wide World
Knockout illustrations and storytelling elevate inspiring books by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson, Laura Lippman and Kate Samworth and more.
How T.S. Eliot Went From Neurotic Banker to Neurotic Worldwide Literary Hero
A graphic retelling of the American poet’s ascent to stardom.
War Stories: George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders
Lessons about war from the American Revolution, the Civil War, medieval Britain and West Africa.
Fiction: Body Hopping for a Better View of America
A dead soul migrates from person to person in Martin Riker’s inventive debut novel, “Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return.”
The Shortlist: Three New Takes on Feminism: In the Dorm, in the Economy and Around the World
A scholar, a World Bank economist teaming up with a novelist, and a fiery young activist attempt to write the next pages of the history of women’s rights.
Nonfiction: When Home Is ‘Always Another Country’
Sisonke Msimang’s graceful new memoir reckons with the challenges of figuring out who you are and where you belong when you’ve grown up all over the world.
Fiction: Dark Fairy Tales From a Now-Vanished Agrarian Japan
Kenji Miyazawa, who died in 1933, was one of Japan’s most beloved poets. Now, in “Once and Forever,” his magical short stories are available in English.
Fiction: The World War II Tragedy of Italy’s Jews, Preserved in Fiction
In “The Novel of Ferrara,” Giorgio Bassani retrofits his novellas and stories into a sprawling portrait of a community destroyed by historical hatreds.
Fiction: In These Novels, Women With Cancer Decide to Ditch the People-Pleasing
Women, even dying women, are often judged for putting their own needs first. The main characters in “The Bus on Thursday” and “Craving” know that — and they don’t care.
Fiction: He Killed Her Mother. Now He Wants to Make Amends.
Andre Dubus III’s novel “Gone So Long” sets a dying ex-con on the difficult road to redemption. Will his long-estranged daughter even agree to see him?
Inside the List: Who Says Celebrity Memoirs Don’t Sell? There Are Three New Ones on the Best-seller List
These books by the Beastie Boys, Abbi Jacobson and Justin Timberlake are about as far from standard-issue star autobiographies as you can get.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Reader’s Notebook: ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and the History in Historical Fiction
Most readers haven’t noticed or been worried by omitted details or factual mistakes in the book. But is there a greater imperative for novels about the Holocaust to get basic facts correct?
Nonfiction: Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters Show Her Struggling to Imagine Life Without Ted Hughes
“The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956-1963,” edited by Peter Steinberg and Karen Kukil, includes 14 revelatory letters she wrote to her psychiatrist about the crisis in her marriage.
Children’s Books: Nighttime Picture Books to Put Children to Bed — and Their Fears to Rest
Reassuring and beautiful stories from Grace Lin, Kitty Crowther and more, about kids who conquer nightmares and go off on moonlight adventures.
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