In “Ghosts of the Tsunami,” Richard Lloyd Parry probes the emotional effects of the catastrophe that killed thousands of men, women and children.
From the humorous to the mysterious, dystopian to sorrowful, novels and stories that reveal the wide range of literary theology.
How James Baldwin’s incendiary work illuminated his era, as well as ours.
A new class of editors is quietly reshaping children’s literature, vetting books for cultural and racial stereotypes before they reach readers.
Worried that he couldn’t work as an illustrator, Loren Long hid his “obstacle.” Now it’s out in the open.
Whether you like thrillers or Y.A., here are three books to get you through the end of the year.
Half a century ago, “The Confessions of Nat Turner” was ensconced on top of the fiction list. But not without controversy.
Simon Schama talks about “Belonging: 1492-1900,” and Christopher de Hamel discusses “Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts.”
Our columnist David Orr picks 10 favorites.
The Book Review’s Egos columnist gives her top memoir picks of 2017.
In “Crimes of the Father,” set in 1990s Australia, Thomas Keneally’s latest subject is the widespread problem of sexual misconduct in the Catholic Church.
In “Heavens on Earth,” Michael Shermer explores the lengths to which mankind will go to ensure our souls’ survival beyond existence on this mortal coil.
In his latest book, the author David Giffels tries to understand death by building the box he wants to be buried in.
In “The Book of Separation,” the novelist Tova Mirvis recalls leaving her marriage and her Modern Orthodox life.
Words the Civil War abolitionist could not read, but still held sacred.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Drink deep of the details of winemaking, the history of coffee, the nature of beer and the appreciation of fine spirits in four new books.
In “The Great Shift,” James L. Kugel explores changing notions of God; in “The Exodus,” Richard Elliott Friedman argues that early Jews really did flee Egypt.
Adam Valen Levinson’s “The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah” is an irreverent memoir about an American man who has a coming-of-age in the Middle East.
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Richard Gilman on the religious novel.
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