The Book Review Podcast: Mother Knows Best?
James Wolcott talks about “Raising Trump” and “The Kardashians,” and Tina Brown discusses “The Vanity Fair Diaries.”
Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week:Elizabeth Hardwick on the art and meaning of the essay.
Fiction: A Soccer Novel More About the Players Than the Play
With masculinity in its sights, Ross Raisin’s “A Natural” dares to tackle frustration and thwarted action as its themes.
Audiobooks: Nate Dern Narrates His Schizophrenic but Substantive Collection of Writings
In the audiobook edition of “Not Quite a Genius,” a senior writer for Funny or Die explores an impressive medley of forms, themes and voices.
Audiobooks: ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Reveals Its Mysteries Anew
In a new audiobook, Kenneth Branagh reads one of Agatha Christie’s most convoluted and ingenious plots.
The Shortlist: Other People’s Minds: Four New Story Collections
These books are linked by their interest in extreme psychological and emotional states, from paranoia to obsession to forbidden love.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: A History of Humanity Told Through Genetics
Adam Rutherford’s engaging science book, “A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived,” explains the many ways DNA links us to our ancestors.
Fiction: Bowling, Football and Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nancy Pearl’s first novel, “George & Lizzie,” combines lit-crit geekiness, dentistry and team sports to create an unusual romantic comedy.
Notebook: A Day in the Life of Tina Brown
The author of “The Vanity Fair Diaries” reveals a page from her handwritten journal recounting her experiences on the day she learned of Andy Warhol’s death.
Nonfiction: Why the Greek Bailout Went So Wrong
In “Adults in the Room,” the former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis describes Greece’s economic crisis from the inside.
Nonfiction: Wresting Golda Meir From the Shadows
Francine Klagsbrun’s “Lioness” re-examines the beloved prime minister’s legacy.
Nonfiction: An Expert on Warfare Examines Centuries of Evolving Mayhem
Lawrence Freedman warns in “The Future of War” that he doesn’t expect to see an end to human conflict.
Nonfiction: In ‘Nomadland,’ the Golden Years Are the Wander Years
Arlie Russell Hochschild reviews Jessica Bruder’s book about senior citizens who live out of R.V.s and work low-wage jobs.
Audiobooks: A Celebrity Couples Therapist Turns to Adultery
In a new audiobook, “The State of Affairs,” Esther Perel follows up on “Mating in Captivity” by focusing on the husbands and wives who stray.
Inside the List: Donna Brazile Says She Foresaw Clinton’s Defeat
In a best-selling campaign memoir, “Hacks,” the Democratic operative and former party chair reveals she never trusted the polls.
Nonfiction: Father-Son Bonding, With Homer as Guide
Daniel Mendelsohn’s “An Odyssey” is both an analysis of a classic and a memoir of his family.
Nonfiction: A Journey of Belonging
In “Real American: A Memoir,” Julie Lythcott-Haims describes growing up biracial in a mostly white milieu.
Fiction: A Novelist Revisits a Deadly Textile Union Strike From 1929
Wiley Cash’s heroine in “The Last Ballad” is based on a real-life union organizer and folk singer now mostly lost to history.
Fiction: Life, Love and Mortality in the City of Light
A septuagenarian cellist faces down his personal and professional losses in Mark Helprin’s novel “Paris in the Present Tense.”
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