Inside the List: The Writing Dead
After Robert B. Parker died, Reed Coleman took over writing his Jesse Stone mystery series, bringing his vivid, distinctive style but staying true to Parker’s characters.
New in Paperback: ‘Sticky Fingers,’ ‘Lea’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Shortlist: New Fiction Traces the Anguish of Lost Young Men
Three books, including Michael Bible’s “Empire of Light,” feature directionless male youths attempting to find a way forward.
Nonfiction: In Essays About Bodily Ailments and Other Conditions, Clues to Writing — and Life
Ashleigh Young’s debut collection, “Can You Tolerate This?,” uses allegories of womanhood and writing as a window onto the human condition.
Children’s Books: New Novels From Three of Today’s Most Beloved Children’s Authors
Jacqueline Woodson, Kate DiCamillo and Meg Medina tell empowering stories about vulnerable kids.
Nonfiction: Haunted by a Victorian Novelist
Nell Stevens’s “The Victorian and the Romantic” tells of her obsession with Elizabeth Gaskell.
Nonfiction: Witnessing the Rise of Fascism in Italy
Iris Origo’s war diary, “A Chill in the Air,” reports on how Italians viewed the Mussolini regime.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Essay: Impersonating Philip Marlowe
What happened when the novelist Lawrence Osborne agreed to write a book in the voice of Raymond Chandler’s iconic gumshoe.
Editors’ Choice: 7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Romance: In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage
All romance novels have happy endings. How they get there, though, is a lot more interesting when the protagonists must grapple with personal shortcomings.
By the Book: By the Book: Reese Witherspoon
The actor and author of the new book “Whiskey in a Teacup” wishes she had five days in a cabin just to read, with “no emails, no text messages and no obligations or deadlines.”
Round Table: The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t.
With the 2018 prize postponed by scandal, The Times’s staff book critics discuss the award’s history and influence — and whom they would give it to this year if they could.
Nonfiction: Why ‘Little Women’ Still Matters, 150 Years On
In “Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy,” Anne Boyd Rioux seeks to restore a classic to its proper place.
From Our Archives: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: an unsigned review of Louisa Alcott’s letters.
Investigative Journalist Aims To Expose Ills Of Privately Run Prisons
American Prison is the remarkable story of a journalist who spent four months working as a corrections officer — and a horrifying exposé of how prisoners are treated by a profiting corporation.
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Nonfiction: The Power of the Supreme Court Inside America’s Schools
In a timely new book, “The Schoolhouse Gate,” the University of Chicago law professor Justin Driver traces the influence of our highest court on schools and classrooms.
Nonfiction: Behind the Kidnapping Case That Inspired ‘Lolita’
Two new books, Sarah Weinman’s “The Real Lolita” and T. Greenwood’s “Rust and Stardust,” revisit the story of Sally Horner’s 1948 abduction.
Match Book: Short Stories to Read Before Bed
Interlinked story collections provide narrative continuity, while allowing you to take a pause.
'These Truths' Looks At America Through The Promises Of Its Beginning
By engaging with our country's past — and present — in an intellectually honest way, Jill Lepore has created a book that truly does encapsulate the American story in all its pain and triumph.
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