Nonfiction: Misty Copeland Pirouettes Through Two Books on Dance
Henry Alford’s “And Then We Danced” and Laura Jacobs’s “Celestial Bodies” explore the cultural and personal resonances of the art of movement.
Sweet And Hot, 'The Kiss Quotient' Really Adds Up
Author Helen Hoang used her own experience on the autism spectrum to build the character of Stella, a straight-laced numbers whiz who falls for the escort she hires to help her work on relationships.
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In 'Death Notice,' The Thrills Don't Quite Translate
Zhou Haohui's high-octane cop drama Death Notice aims for Dragon Tattoo-type thrills, but gets dragged down by flat characterizations and odd romantic flourishes.
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The Best of Anthony Bourdain
What to read, what to watch and what to listen to by and about the chef, TV host and author who died on Friday.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Where Nostalgia Softens Taboo Sex
The blurred lines and degrading sexual encounters in Eliza Robertson’s “Demi-Gods” tell a candid coming-of-age story.
Fiction: A Quixotic Hunt for Mammoth Creatures That Ends in Tragedy
After reading that ancient bones were discovered in Kentucky, the 19th-century protagonist of Carys Davies’s new novel, “West,” sets out to find the living creatures.
Fiction: Clarice Lispector’s Second Novel Charts a Woman’s Existential Awakening
In “The Chandelier,” the last of her novels to be translated into English, Lispector shows off her genius for description, uncanny dialogue and other extraordinary tricks.
The Book Review Podcast: Michael Pollan on Drugs
On this week’s podcast, Pollan discusses his new book about psychedelics, “How to Change Your Mind,” and Edward Tenner talks about big data and Silicon Valley’s “Efficiency Paradox.”
The Shortlist: 3 New Novels on the Perils of Digital Life
Cyberstalking. Revenge porn. Instagram influencers with a dark side. These books may persuade you to finally unplug.
Crime: Dangerous Disappearing Acts, With Killers in Pursuit
Battered women, bankrupt businessmen and star baseball players haunt this week’s Crime column. Also a murderer who may get her own reality show.
Inside the List: Everything Is Copy
David Sedaris ponders names for his new house, Karen Kingsbury reveals she has special help writing her novels and Stephanie Garber unveils her gorgeous Pinterest inspirations.
Nonfiction: How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World
Catherine Nixey’s “The Darkening Age” tells a story of desecration on an enormous scale.
New in Paperback: ‘Rising Star,’ ‘Mrs. Fletcher’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Shortlist: The Struggles of Modern Motherhood in Essays, a Thriller and a Dystopian Novel
Three new books explore the traumas, anxieties, injustices and even dangers of having children.
Sketchbook: Books Gone Wild
We asked creatures from around the ecosystem to tell us what they’re reading.
Fiction: A Fable of Mozambique, Its Bloodshed and Myths
With “Woman of the Ashes,” the first novel of a trilogy, Mia Couto conjures his country’s colonial past with sensitivity and imagination.
Fiction: Fluid Friendships: A Literary Ode to the Shifting Nature of Human Bonds
Six friends pair off, split up and regroup in “Companions,” a light-footed novel by the Danish writer Christina Hesselholdt.
Fiction: A Persian Turned Parisian Insists: I’m Not an Immigrant, I’m an Exile
The narrator of Negar Djavadi’s novel, “Disoriental,” banished from her Iranian homeland, builds a life in France by recalling her family’s stories.
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: Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient.”
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