Nonfiction: Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests
Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused” looks at the history of hormone research and the many missteps along the way.
Nonfiction: William T. Vollmann Would Like a Word or Two About Climate Change. Or 1,200 Pages.
In his two-volume “Carbon Ideologies,” the writer examines from many angles what we are doing to the earth.
Nonfiction: How Citigroup Escaped Financial Disaster in 2008
James Freeman and Vern McKinley’s “Borrowed Time” takes a close look at the government bailout of Citigroup.
The Book Review Podcast: Beth Macy Talks About ‘Dopesick’
“We're all connected, we’re all at risk of this,” Macy says about what she has learned reporting on the opioid crisis. “It’s everywhere.”
Inside the List: That Huge Surprise in His Own Family Genealogy? It’s Playing out in His Novels
Alan Gratz’s middle-grade novels — like the best-selling ‘Refugee’ — often deal with war, asylum seekers and Jewish history.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Our Back Pages: 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: Anne Tyler’s “The Accidental Tourist.”
New in Paperback: ‘An Odyssey,’ ‘Dunbar’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Literati: Henry James’s Final Curtain Call
Edward Sorel illustrates the great turn-of-the-century author’s fumbling foray into the theater.
Children’s Books: Magic Ripples Just Below the Surface in These Novels
In fantasies by K. Sello Duiker and Jaleigh Johnson, children use magic to navigate the streets of a South African township and a hostile world called Tallhaven.
The Shortlist: Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience
Three books relate the individual accounts of people caught up in events larger than themselves.
How to Listen to the Book Review Podcast
Instructions to help you find and subscribe to the series.
Nonfiction: From Rags to Ill-Gotten Riches in 1930s China
Paul French’s “City of Devils” is a narrative fiction of the “tawdry city” Shanghai before World War II.
Nonfiction: Rome Wasn’t Sacked in a Day
Matthew Kneale’s “Rome: A History in Seven Sackings” narrates the city’s past through the marauders who have devastated it.
Nonfiction: The Woman Who Created a Monster
For the 200th anniversary of “Frankenstein,” the poet Fiona Sampson has written a new biography of its author: “In Search of Mary Shelley.”
Fiction: ‘Beowulf’ Gets a 21st-Century Update
In “The Mere Wife,” by Maria Dahvana Headley, the epic poem is reimagined as an imaginative tale of class conflict.
Crime: For Marilyn Stasio, Any Place Can Be the Scene of the Crime
This week’s mysteries move from a New Hampshire boarding school to a London rowhouse, with stops in New York City and a ramshackle shed in Oakland.
Fiction: Classical Myths Filtered Through a Modern Prism
In his new novel, “Metamorphica” — the title is a nod to Ovid’s epic poem — Zachary Mason reworks and respins ancient Greco-Roman myths.
Fiction: Rumpelstiltskin Redux
In her brilliant new novel, “Spinning Silver,” Naomi Novik riffs on a number of fairy tales, including the straw-into-gold classic.
Fiction: Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City
Chibundu Onuzo’s novel “Welcome to Lagos” sets its runaway characters adrift in the swirl of metropolitan life, where it may be impossible to hide.
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