Fiction: Meg Wolitzer’s New Novel Takes on the Politics of Women’s Mentorship
Lena Dunham on “The Female Persuasion” and its cultural relevance in our current political climate.
Stumbling (And Texting) Toward Love In 'Emergency Contact'
Mary H.K. Choi's new novel follows Penny and Sam, both so loaded down with emotional baggage that at first, all they can do is swap numbers and agree to be each other's emergency contacts.
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By the Book: Ernest Cline: By the Book
Ernest Cline, whose novel “Ready Player One” is the basis for a new movie, grew up reading: “Like many nerdy kids, I don’t know how I would have survived without being able to escape into books.”
Nonfiction: Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization
In “Fatal Discord,” Michael Massing tells the story of two men who took their fateful critique of the church in vastly different directions.
Nonfiction: Can Islamic and European Civilizations Coexist?
In “Journey Into Europe,” the scholar Akbar Ahmed takes a close-up look at the discontents of Muslims in the West.
Nonfiction: A Traveler to Troubled Lands, Called to Bear Witness
In the poetry book “House of Fact, House of Ruin” and the essay collection “The Land Between Two Rivers,” Tom Sleigh honors overlooked lives.
Immigration Is (And Isn't) Black And White In 'Yellow Negroes'
French cartoonist Yvan Alagbé uses a stark black and white palette to investigate the ways Western comics portray race — and the ways his country treats (and mistreats) its immigrant population.
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Help Desk: Kill a Dead-End Job and Make the Leap to Career Happiness
Four new books provide advice on how to leave, how to stay and how to create real change for yourself and those around you.
Nonfiction: Foreign Policy From the Dark Side
Robert D. Kaplan’s new collection of essays, “The Return of Marco Polo’s World,” examines recent developments in international affairs.
Philip Kerr, 62, Author of ‘Gunther’ Crime Novels, Is Dead
Though wary of being typecast as a one-note author, Mr. Kerr, to keep his fans satisfied, ended up writing 13 novels about a detective in Nazi-era Berlin.
Fiction: Sean Penn, Satirist, Swings at America in a Wild Debut Novel
The actor spares no one in “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff,” about a hired killer (maybe) and politics (for sure): “We are a nation in need of an assassin.”
Magnificent Book Captures The Beauty And Tragedy Of The Battleship Yamato
Jan Morris chronicles the final days of the most powerful warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy in her latest book. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Battleship Yamato a work of both power and restraint.
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'Tangerine' Charts An Obsessive Friendship Turned Sour
Christine Mangan's new novel, set in Morocco in the 1950s, centers on the sinister tension between two ex-friends — but the dusty, detailed Moroccan scenery sometimes gets in the way of the story.
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Children’s Books: Young Heroines Who Are Saviors, but Not Saints
In novels by Lissa Evans, Roshani Chokshi and Diane Magras, girls go on urgent rescue missions. That’s only fair, since they caused the trouble themselves.
Fiction: In a Thriller About Girlfriends, Which Femme Is Fatale?
The quiet menace thrumming just below the surface of Christine Mangan’s debut, “Tangerine,” evokes Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thrillers.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Hidden Gems
Eclectic works of fiction from off the beaten path.
Nonfiction: How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump?
Jonathan Weisman’s “(((Semitism)))” takes American Jews to task for not being vigilant enough about threats to democratic norms.
Fiction: A Novelist’s Exuberant Love Letter to a Mexican-American Clan
Sprawling, funny and deeply tender, Luis Alberto Urrea’s novel “The House of Broken Angels” tackles the intricacies of family and the ravages of time.
Profile: A Comic Book Artist Who Makes the Invisible Visible
In “Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures,” Yvan Alagbé tells the stories of people who have been marginalized by society.
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