Editors’ Choice: 7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In 'Rock Steady,' Ellen Forney Combines Mental Health Advice, Artistry and Wit
Following up on her instant-classic Marbles — about her experiences with bipolar disorder — cartoonist Forney lays out her coping strategies in warm, deftly-rendered and densely informative style.
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By the Book: Alison Weir: By the Book
The historical novelist Alison Weir, author most recently of “Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen,” has some reading advice for Meghan Markle.
Audionbooks: Jeremy Irons Breathes New Life Into ‘The Poems of T.S. Eliot’
From “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to “The Waste Land” and “Four Quartets,” an audiobook original revisits the poet’s most beloved lines.
Nonfiction: This Author Never Dreamed of Becoming a Mom. Until She Was One.
"And Now We Have Everything” demystifies all the anxieties, logistics and wonders of pregnancy and childbirth — things Meaghan O’Connell never knew she wanted.
'A Shout In The Ruins' Probes The Lasting Infections Of War And Slavery
Kevin Powers' bleak, stunning new book is set in both the 1950s and the Civil War era. It's an intricately plotted look at the ways violence can shape a nation in ways that may not be recoverable.
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Bookshelf: New York, the Global Capital of Protest
From the Flushing Remonstrance to Occupy Wall Street, New York City has been at the forefront of social activism for centuries. And a homage to the beauty of infrastructure.
Nonfiction: I’m a Pro Football Player Now, but I’ll Be Black Forever
Michael Bennett’s “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable,” written with Dave Zirin, is both a memoir and a call to political action.
Books of The Times: Essays That Make Sense of the Infinite and the Infinitesimal
“When Einstein Walked with Gödel” is a collection of Jim Holt’s elegant essays, which make big subjects — like the illusion of time — both intelligible and enticing.
Fiction: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Life, as Fodder for Fiction
The intimate relationship of Eleanor Roosevelt and the A.P. reporter Lorena Hickok is explored in new novels by Amy Bloom and Kelly O’Connor McNees.
Nonfiction: The Paradoxes and the Glory of Apollo 8’s Journey Around the Moon
Fifty years after the spacecraft became the first to leave Earth’s orbit, Robert Kurson tells the story of the remarkable odyssey in “Rocket Men.”
'Cult X' Asks How Easily You — Yes, You — Might Be Taken In
Some of the sex scenes in Fuminori Nakamura's new novel Cult X will disturb you — but that's beside the point, because the book has much more disturbing things to say about groupthink and free will.
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'Empire At Sunset' Provides A Mesmerizing View Of Jean Rhys
Caryl Phillips' new novel, set in the waning years of the British Empire, follows the perpetually alienated Rhys from her birthplace in the West Indies to England and then the Continent.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: A Comic Force of Nature: The Life — and Death — of Robin Williams
Dave Itzkoff’s exhaustive biography, “Robin,” explains why a great comedian “had admirers but no imitators.”
Nonfiction: Under Modernity’s Hood: Precision Engineering
In “The Perfectionists,” Simon Winchester turns to the history of mechanical engineering, seeing in its triumphs the key to understanding so much of our world.
Audiobooks: Benedict Cumberbatch Meets Albert Einstein in Carlo Rovelli’s New Audiobook
In “The Order of Time,” a theoretical physicist reveals his take on relativity, order and the human condition.
Fiction: One Last Book From a Virtuoso of the Short Story
The great Irish writer William Trevor captured turning points in individual lives with powerful slyness. “Last Stories” is his final gift to us.
You Can't Solve This 'Rubik,' But It'll Still Make You Feel Smart
Elizabeth Tan's novel jumps between different characters and timelines, beginning with the death of the main character and only getting weirder — but there's a true heart underneath the cleverness.
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The Book Review Podcast: Amy Chozick on ‘Chasing Hillary’
Chozick discusses her time covering Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, and Sloane Crosley talks about her new collection of essays, “Look Alive Out There.”
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