Nonfiction: How Rampant Globalization Brought Us Trump
Robert Kuttner’s latest book, “Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?,” looks at the backlash against markets unconstrained by national interest.
Nonfiction: From Don DeLillo to Marilyn Monroe: Lorrie Moore’s First Essay Collection
“See What Can Be Done” collects pieces on everything from Alice Munro’s fiction to the Lewinsky scandal to “O.J.: Made in America.”
Audiobooks: For ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Fans, an Audiobook That Celebrates Madeleine L’Engle
L’Engle’s granddaughters, Lena Roy and Charlotte Jones Voiklis, narrate “Becoming Madeleine,” a biography they wrote for the middle-grade set.
Fiction: Mother of All Decisions: Sheila Heti’s New Novel Weighs Whether to Have a Child
In “Motherhood,” a childless woman in her late 30s consults friends, psychics, the I Ching and her own conscience on the pros and cons of procreation.
Audiobooks: Tiffany Haddish and Vivica A. Fox — Who Narrate Their Memoirs With Snap and Spirit — Have Some Advice for You
Though their stories are quite different, the underlying message in “The Last Black Unicorn” and “Every Day I’m Hustling” is the same.
Nonfiction: Why Libya Continues to Burn
In “The Burning Shores,” Frederic Wehrey traces Libya’s troubles from the beginning of the revolution to its current upheavals.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Nonfiction: Is the System Rigged Against Democrats?
In “It’s Time to Fight Dirty,” David Faris lays out a strategy for structural changes to level a skewed electoral playing field.
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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