Fiction: Was That Really Me? A Novelist Discovers Her Younger Self
Siri Hustvedt’s autobiographical novel “Memories of the Future” uses a newly discovered journal to reconnect with her early days in New York.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: Where to Have Your Existential Crisis: Ann Arbor or Rome?
Brad Leithauser’s comic novel “The Promise of Elsewhere” sends a depressed American academic in flight to Europe. So why does he wind up in Greenland?
New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth
David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth and Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth offer valuable perspectives on climate change — if we're committed to being adult enough to face the future.
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'Sing To It' Is Worth The Wait
Amy Hempel's first book of new material in 14 years showcases her immense talents as a fiction writer. It's a powerful collection of stories about uneasy, unmoored, even desperate people.
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'Giraffes On Horseback Salad' Tells The Lost Story Of Harpo Marx And Salvador Dalí
When Salvador Dalí met Harpo Marx, he was so infatuated that he wrote a treatment for a surreal Marx Brothers film, Giraffes on Horseback Salad. The film didn't fly, but this graphic novel does.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Wit Is Afire In 'Little Boy'
As he approaches his 100th birthday, the legendary Beat poet and publisher has a new book. Billed as his "literary last will and testament," Little Boy is part memoir, part rambling free-association.
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Nonfiction: Preet Bharara Remembers His Busy Tenure as a U.S. Attorney
“Doing Justice,” Bharara’s new book, is not only a memoir but also a manual on how the justice system is a guide to life.
The Book Review Podcast: The Life of Sandra Day O’Connor
Evan Thomas talks about “First,” his new biography of O’Connor, and Mitchell S. Jackson discusses “Survival Math.”
Nonfiction: Pretending to Play the Violin
“Sounds Like Titanic,” by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, is a memoir of being hired to tour with a famous composer who turns out to be duping his audiences.
Nonfiction: Drug Epidemics, Past and Present
Thomas Hager’s “Ten Drugs” examines the history of both the good and bad of medication.
Nonfiction: The Jewish Spies Who Posed as Arabs
Matti Friedman’s “Spies of No Country” tells the story of the Arab Section, the Jewish secret agents who operated in enemy territory at the birth of Israel.
Graphic Content: Graphic Novels That Will Diagnose Your Disease
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at the genre of “graphic medicine,” comics illustrating the challenges of doctors and travails of patients.
Sketchbook |: From Jay Gatsby to Kunta Kinte
The legendary graphic designer, Seymour Chwast, draws some of his favorite protagonists.
From Our Archives: Looking Back at ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’
In his 2000 memoir, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” Dave Eggers becomes the steward of his brother after their parents die within weeks of each other.
Inside the List: Guilt, Jealousy, Empathy: Your Dog Has the Same Emotions You Do
Frans de Waal’s new book, “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves,” debuts on the best-seller list this week at No. 4.
The Shortlist: Three Novels Take Readers Deep Inside the Writer’s Life
Amit Chaudhuri’s narrator wanders Mumbai while João Gilberto Noll’s loses himself in London. And Monique Schwitter’s? She’s adrift among a dozen past loves.
In 'The Chief,' An Enigmatic, Conservative John Roberts Walks A Political Tightrope
Reporter Joan Biskupic portrays the Supreme Court chief justice as a dedicated conservative who now "has the court he's always wanted" — and she says the law "will likely be what he says it is."
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Children’s Books: Gorgeous Books to Expand the Youngest Minds
Dreamy marshmallows, rude animals, a portal to a mirror world and more fill the latest crop of picture books.
New in Paperback: ‘Heavy,’ ‘Do This for Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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