The Book Review Podcast: Lost at Sea
Rachel Slade talks about “Into the Raging Sea,” and Clemantine Wamariya talks about “The Girl Who Smiled Beads.”
New in Paperback: ‘Augustown,’ ‘The Storied City’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: Think Things Look Bad in This Country Right Now? We’ve Been Here Before, Jon Meacham Says
In “The Soul of America,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning author examines the history of partisan fury.
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: J.D. Scott reviews “The Old Boys.”
Reader’s Notebook: ‘Assume the Worst’: This Isn’t Your Ordinary Graduation Speech
In today’s commencement addresses, as evidenced by recent books, inspiration is sometimes superseded by skepticism.
Children’s Books: A New Technology Age: When the Technology Is Books, and the Age Is 3 to 7
Picture books may be the best way to tell stories about modern, computer-saturated childhoods.
Sketchbook: A Love Letter to Italo Calvino, and to New York City
Reading “Invisible Cities” allowed the graphic artist Aude White to see her own surroundings in a new light.
Audiobooks: An Audiobook Gives New Life to the Haunting Memoir of a Waco Survivor
A horrific account by David Thibodeau, one of the few Branch Davidians to survive both their leader’s doctrine and the F.B.I.’s bungled “rescue” attempt.
Nonfiction: Did the Crusade for Human Rights Lead to More Inequality?
In “Not Enough,” the Yale professor Samuel Moyn argues for a global solution to material inequality.
The Shortlist: There’s More to Italian Fiction Than Elena Ferrante
Domenico Starnone offers his own Neapolitan novel while Paolo Cognetti goes to the Alps and Edgardo Franzosini probes the life of a troubled sculptor.
Nonfiction: Two Dudes With a Camera
In their first book, “Like Brothers,” the indie filmmaker siblings Jay and Mark Duplass recount their unlikely path to Hollywood and tell readers how to follow suit.
Nonfiction: When Misery Becomes a Subject for Art
In her final work, “Misère,” the late art historian Linda Nochlin finds in depictions of poverty in 19th-century art echoes of the miseries of the present.
Nonfiction: How Rampant Globalization Brought Us Trump
Robert Kuttner’s latest book, “Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?,” looks at the backlash against markets unconstrained by national interest.
Nonfiction: From Don DeLillo to Marilyn Monroe: Lorrie Moore’s First Essay Collection
“See What Can Be Done” collects pieces on everything from Alice Munro’s fiction to the Lewinsky scandal to “O.J.: Made in America.”
Audiobooks: For ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Fans, an Audiobook That Celebrates Madeleine L’Engle
L’Engle’s granddaughters, Lena Roy and Charlotte Jones Voiklis, narrate “Becoming Madeleine,” a biography they wrote for the middle-grade set.
Fiction: Mother of All Decisions: Sheila Heti’s New Novel Weighs Whether to Have a Child
In “Motherhood,” a childless woman in her late 30s consults friends, psychics, the I Ching and her own conscience on the pros and cons of procreation.
Audiobooks: Tiffany Haddish and Vivica A. Fox — Who Narrate Their Memoirs With Snap and Spirit — Have Some Advice for You
Though their stories are quite different, the underlying message in “The Last Black Unicorn” and “Every Day I’m Hustling” is the same.
Nonfiction: Why Libya Continues to Burn
In “The Burning Shores,” Frederic Wehrey traces Libya’s troubles from the beginning of the revolution to its current upheavals.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Nonfiction: Is the System Rigged Against Democrats?
In “It’s Time to Fight Dirty,” David Faris lays out a strategy for structural changes to level a skewed electoral playing field.
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