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.
'The Border' Is Shakespeare For Our Times — Seriously
Don Winslow's sprawling, operatic epic about the War on Drugs has some flaws, but it does the same thing Shakespeare's histories did: It simplifies current events into messy, bloody, gripping theater.
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The Week in Books
New titles to watch for in March, Toni Morrison’s new collection, Min Jin Lee on bell hooks and more.
This 'Devil's Daughter' Has Charm To Spare
Lisa Kleypas mashes up two of her romance sagas — the Regency-era Wallflowers and the Victorian Ravenels — in a delightful story about a sheltered widow and her roguish suitor.
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The Book Review Podcast: A Gripping Political Mystery in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe talks about “Say Nothing,” and Frans de Waal discusses “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves.”
'Mama's Last Hug' Makes Case That Humans Are Not Alone In Experiencing Emotions
In his new book, primate behavior researcher Frans de Waal writes that "emotions are everywhere in the animal kingdom, from fish to birds to insects and even in brainy mollusks such as the octopus."
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'Dead Men's Trousers' Takes The Trainspotting Crew For A Last, Too-Long Ride
Irvine Welsh catches up with Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud — now middle aged and gone their separate ways — for what he says is the last installment in the Trainspotting saga.
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Children’s Books: In a Memoir, Laurie Halse Anderson Gets Personal About Rape
Anderson’s novel “Speak” broke open the silence about teenagers and sexual assault. Now “Shout” aims to help other victims find their voices.
Crime: From Drug Cartels to the Mafia, Crime Runs in the Family
Marilyn Stasio’s latest Crime column showcases Mexican thugs, Brooklyn mob wives, a dutiful Mississippi son and an aristocrat whose adoption scheme turns deadly.
Inside the List: When Real-Life Murder Plays Out in Fiction
Sometimes Lisa Gardner’s ideas just pop into her head; other times she’s inspired by a headline. Her latest thriller, “Never Tell,” was inspired by a case in Alabama.
The Shortlist: Three Stunning New Memoirs of Love and Loss
“How to Be Loved,” “Joy Enough” and “The Art of Leaving” all grapple with the aftermath of grief.
New in Paperback: ‘God Save Texas,’ ‘How It Happened’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: Exiled to Siberia: A First Novel Revisits Stalin’s Great Purge
The heroine of Guzel Yakhina’s “Zuleikha” is a young Tatar widow, forced into a horror-filled journey that will end in Russia’s frozen wilderness.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Enthusiast: In Praise of bell hooks
“For me, reading ‘Ain’t I A Woman,’ was as if someone had opened the door, the windows, and raised the roof in my mind.”
Fiction: A Brilliantly Funny and Slightly Bonkers New Novel From Jasper Fforde
In “Early Riser,” Fforde explores the strange things that happen when humans begin hibernating during ice age-like winters.
12 New Books to Watch for in March
Preet Bharara on justice, a chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, a grown-up fairy tale and more.
Women Show The Faces Of War In 'The Huntress'
Kate Quinn's new thriller puts women's experiences front and center in the story of a former Soviet "Night Witch" pilot chasing down an escaped Nazi known as The Huntress in the years after the war.
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