By the Book: Lydia Millet: By the Book
The novelist Lydia Millet, whose new story collection is “Fight No More,” was impressed as a teenager by the Marquis de Sade. “Now he’s more boring, but we all fall prey to nostalgia.”
Nonfiction: What Data Has Done to Capitalism
A new book by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge, “Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data,” explores how data-rich markets are changing societies for better and worse.
Fiction: Wartime Acts, Postwar Retribution: A Mother’s Risky Legacy
In Michael Ondaatje’s novel “Warlight,” a London family is fractured by Allied intelligence work. And the danger won’t end when the fighting is over.
Nonfiction: A Marshall Plan for China? It Existed, but Even Marshall Couldn’t Pull It Off
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan’s “The China Mission” details the hopeless effort of trying to reconcile the Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists.
In Haunted 'Florida,' The Storms And Panthers Are Always There. How Will You Survive?
In Lauren Groff's gorgeous, precise new story collection, Florida is a haunted place, full of eyes in the darkness — and angry, restless women, always on the move, always searching for something.
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Fiction: Rachel Cusk Strips the Novel Down to Its Frame. Again.
With “Kudos,” Cusk brings her spare, beautiful trilogy to a close.
Children’s Books: Screams. Tears. Meltdowns. New Picture Books Let Bad Behavior Fly, With Just a Bit of Advice
Max in “Where the Wild Things Are” was tame, compared with the unchecked emotions on display in these books.
Nonfiction: Was Jimmy Carter the Most Underrated President in History?
Stuart Eizenstat thinks so, and he lays out his argument in this admiring but frank appraisal, “President Carter: The White House Years.”
Nonfiction: They’re Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore. But the Ad Business Is Still High Stakes.
Ken Auletta’s “Frenemies” describes the new landscape for advertising and marketing, both competing with and dependent on Silicon Valley.
An Epic Conversation Draws To A Close In 'Kudos'
Rachel Cusk's trilogy about a peripatetic writer and her many conversational partners winds up with Kudos. The books are essentially plotless — but there's plenty of joy to be found just in talk.
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Fiction: Bill Clinton and James Patterson Have Written a Thriller. It’s Good.
The former president and the best-selling novelist have packed “The President Is Missing” with inside-the-Beltway intrigue and secret White House details.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Deep Inside the Obama White House
Ben Rhodes’s memoir, “The World as It Is,” recounts some of the toughest decisions Obama made during his time as president.
Match Book: Got a Reluctant Reader at Home?
These stories are sure to activate the literary lives of even the most book-averse members of your family.
Nonfiction: What Silicon Valley Could Use More of: Inefficiency
In “The Efficiency Paradox,” Edward Tenner considers why technologies intended to improve our lives often end up complicating them instead.
Exploding Myths About 'Black Power, Jewish Politics'
In a new book, historian Marc Dollinger argues that the conventional wisdom of Jewish and African-American harmony during the civil rights era is flawed. And that the real story has lessons for today.
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Nonfiction: Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced
In his new book, “How to Change Your Mind,” Pollan turns to psychedelics, their history and their promise.
Books News: Want Michael Lewis’s Next Book? You’ll Have to Listen to It.
A growing group of successful authors, including Michael Lewis and Robert Caro, are releasing audio originals, hoping to take advantage of the exploding audiobook market.
'Heavenly Bodies' Is Gorgeous — But Full Of Strange Silences
The companion piece to this year's Met Gala, Heavenly Bodies functions beautifully as an art object — but it has some odd blank spots, particularly around the contributions of women to Catholicism.
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The Book Review Podcast: Dinosaurs, the Master of Horror and Philip Roth
On this week’s podcast, Steve Brusatte talks about “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs”; Victor Lavalle and Gilbert Cruz discuss the work of Stephen King; and Dwight Garner, A.O. Scott and Taffy Brodesser-Akner talk about the legacy of Philip Roth.
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