Nonfiction: A Brutal Heritage Finally Revealed
Krystal Sital’s memoir, “Secrets We Kept,” recounts the violence and poverty endured by her mother and grandmother in rural Trinidad.
Sketchbook: The Literati: Going Wilde in America
A graphic retelling of the Irish fin-de-siècle aesthete’s whirlwind 1881 overseas tour.
Nonfiction: A Corporeal History of the 19th Century
From baby bumps to facial hair, Kathryn Hughes’s “Victorians Undone” asks what we can learn about a culture by studying the human bodies it produces.
Children’s Books: Picture Books to Help Kids Weather Our Age of Anxiety
Bullying, scary news and the need for kindness are at the center of new books by Kerascoët, Jessica Love and others.
The Shortlist: How Language Came to Be — and How We Use It Today
Three new books tackle various mysteries from the world of linguistics: why we swear, why we say “mm-hmm” all the time and how conversation arose.
Nonfiction: A Matter of Life and Death
A boisterous, loving Irish wake is “the best guide to life you could ever have,” Kevin Toolis writes in his new memoir, “My Father’s Wake.”
Nonfiction: ‘The Stowaway’ Appeals to the Thrillseeker in All of Us
Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s tale of a young man’s journey to Antarctica symbolizes our wanderlust and the power of imagination over expectation.
Nonfiction: The Beauty and Mystery of How a Building Is ‘Built’
Roma Agrawal, a pioneering structural engineer for some of the world’s tallest towers, explains the history and beauty of her craft.
Crime: Hustles, Hoaxes and Heinous Crimes
Marilyn Stasio’s mystery column visits the canals of Venice and the cliffs of southern Britain, with American pit stops at a mortuary and a motel.
Fiction: The Good, the Bad and the Panther
In Elizabeth Crook’s western-inflected novel, “The Which Way Tree,” teenage siblings go on a quest for vengeance.
Fiction: Black, Gay and Losing Faith
In Uzodinma Iweala’s new novel, “Speak No Evil,” a young man’s journey of self-discovery runs into opposition from his parents and their church.
The Enthusiast: In Praise of Ruth McKenney
I wish McKenney’s life had been as joyous and carefree as her effervescent memoirs. But I rejoice that her books are still available at my hometown library.
Editors’ Choice: 5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In 'Go Home,' Finding — Or Building — A Home In Words
This new anthology of Asian diasporic writers, edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, is packed with stories, essays and poetry on the idea of home — where it is, what it is, and how you find or lose it.
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Nonfiction: Coming of Age as Performance Art: An Outsider in 1970s Japan
Ian Buruma’s memoir, “A Tokyo Romance,” recaptures his youthful experiences in the avant-garde film and theater world of the postwar city.
By the Book: Sloane Crosley: By the Book
The novelist and essayist Sloane Crosley says that “any woman who has to take an author photo where she looks the just-right amount of appealing is a literary hero.”
Nonfiction: Was the 2016 Election a Game of ‘Russian Roulette’?
Michael Isikoff and David Corn tell the story of how Russia and its meddling came to dominate a presidential election.
Fiction: A High-Speed Auto Race Across Australia, Past and Present
Peter Carey’s novel “A Long Way From Home” follows a married couple and their bachelor neighbor on a bumptious 10,000-mile endurance contest.
Memory Is Mutable, Understanding Elusive In 'Memento Park'
Mark Sarvas' new novel is dedicated to his own father and grandfathers — it's the story of a C-list movie actor and the valuable heirloom that leads him to dig into his family's history.
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The Long View: Barbara W. Tuchman, Folly and the Stream of History
Current U.S. politics can be defined by what the historian referred to in her 1984 book “The March of Folly” as a “wooden-headedness” in statecraft.
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