Open Book: Boom Time in Nollywood
For her new book, Emily Witt went to Nigeria to capture the scene of the country’s burgeoning film industry.
Inside the List: A Biographer of Martin Luther Promotes Faith in the Face of Evil
Eric Metaxas, whose “Martin Luther” is a best seller, responded to the Las Vegas shooting by reiterating his own belief in God.
What to Read Before You Go to Mississippi
A travelogue, a novel and a meditation on the aftershocks of Hurricane Katrina.
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: An Author and a Zoologist Team Up to Rescue the World’s Endangered Species from Extinction
Sonny Liew creates an illustrated homage to Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, the authors and conservationists who set out to reverse the dire effects of climate change on the earth’s wildlife.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Crime: The Latest in Crime Novels: Bad Mothers, Bad Memories and Bad Sex Toys
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column shows what happens when a daughter turns in her murderer mother, a town confronts a killing and cold cases unfreeze.
Fiction: The Latest, Troubling Chapter in Feminist Dystopian Fiction
“Gather the Daughters,” a debut novel by Jennie Melamed, imagines a world of repression and submission.
By the Book: Tom Hanks: By the Book
Tom Hanks, the actor, producer, director and author of a new story collection, “Uncommon Type,” has no desire to read novels of murder and conspiracy.
Nonfiction: A Lamentation for a Life Cut Short
In “Cuz,” Danielle Allen remembers a cousin who went to prison as a teenager and spent almost his entire adult life behind bars.
Essay: The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs
T.J. Stiles discusses a new, completely annotated edition of Grant’s memoirs, edited by John F. Marszalek, with David S. Nolen and Louie Gallo.
The Shortlist: New Y.A. Crossover Fiction From Nnedi Okorafor, Kristin Cashore and More
A female Mr. Ripley, a time-traveling artist, an abandoned teenager in a drug-addled town and an albino girl with mystical powers that just might save the world.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the romance roundup and more.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book News: Weinstein Books Is Shuttered by Hachette Book Group
Following reports on the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein, the Weinstein Company’s publishing imprint is shut down
Nonfiction: President Clinton Looks Back at President Grant
Ron Chernow’s “Grant” gives us a Ulysses S. Grant for our times.
With 'Voices In The Dark,' An Artist Missteps
Comic artist Ulli Lust's unique, surreal style proves a bad match for this adaptation of a historical novel about the children of Joseph Goebbels and their last days in Adolf Hitler's bunker.
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Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Great American Novelist, Turns to the Story
In his debut collection, “Fresh Complaint,” Eugenides explores variations on the theme of failure: marital, creative and financial.
Newsbook: Amid Weinstein Accusations, 3 Books on Workplace Sexual Harassment
These three books deal with the issue of sexual misconduct in the office.
Electrifying 'Power' Flips The Gender Script To Unsettling Effect
For most of recorded history, men have held power over women. Naomi Alderman's new novel imagines a world where women suddenly have power — actual electrical power — to oppress, hurt and kill men.
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'The Apparitionists' Raises The Specters That Haunted America
Peter Manseau skillfully weaves together spirituality, technology and the legacy of the Civil War to tell the story of a "spirit photographer" on trial for claiming he could take pictures of ghosts.
(Image credit: Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR)
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