Nonfiction: Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart?
In “The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World,” Michael Ignatieff grapples with whether people are only capable of living side by side.
Nonfiction: How a Villa on the Riviera Became the Year-Round Playground of the Superrich
Mary S. Lovell’s “The Riviera Set” eavesdrops on the glamorous entertainments staged by the various owners of a chateau in the south of France.
Nonfiction: Three Wealthy Women and Their Venetian Mansion
Judith Mackrell’s “The Unfinished Palazzo” traces the lives of its 20th-century owners: Marchesa Luisa Casati, Lady Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim.
Nonfiction: Biltmore House, America’s Original McMansion
Denise Kiernan unlocks the Gilded Age history of George Vanderbilt’s giant house and the aristocratic royalty that inhabited it.
Further Reading: 10 French Novels to Read Now
France is the “guest of honor” at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. Here are recent novels by some of the French writers who will be there.
There's Good Stuff In 'Hirschfeld,' Despite Style Stumbles
Like a hidden NINA, there are great moments in Ellen Stern's hefty new biography of cartoonist Al Hirschfeld — but they're obscured by her off-puttingly glib tone and perpetual present tense.
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'Rules Of Magic' Blends The Charm Of The Familiar With New Enchantments
Alice Hoffman returns to the world of her best-selling Practical Magic in this new book, a prequel dedicated to the early lives and loves of the first volume's elderly aunts Francis and Jet.
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Nonfiction: Exploring the Necessity and Virtue of Sleep
Two books look at why getting a good night’s rest is essential.
Fiction: No Country for Young Widows
In Robert Olmstead’s seventh novel, “Savage Country,” a widow and her brother-in-law hunt buffalo to pay family debts in the 1870s.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Newsy Nonfiction That Sparks Debate
Our columnist recommends books about work, gender equality, climate change and other timely subjects for a book club that thrives on lively discussion.
Collection Puts A Playful, Pulpy Twist On Preposterous Stories About Obama
Fifteen writers riff on various wild conspiracy theories generated about President Obama over the years. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the sly short stories in The Obama Inheritance pack a punch.
Fiction: How Kurt Vonnegut Found His Voice and His Themes
“Complete Stories” shows Vonnegut using short fiction to test the ideas he would put to better use in his famous novels.
Nonfiction: The 20 Years That Made New York City
“Greater Gotham,” Mike Wallace’s sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Gotham,” focuses on the two decades between 1898 and 1919.
'Her Body And Other Parties:' Be Your Own Madwoman
Carmen Maria Machado's new collection takes young female online culture — LiveJournal and Tumblr, ghost stories and urban legends — and reinforce the uncanny power and reach of those stories.
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'Taste Of Empire' Shows Us The World In Our Kitchen Cupboards
Lizzie Collingham's new book takes 20 exemplary British meals, from plain stewed beef to an elaborate Christmas pudding, and uses them to illustrate the way food and empire are inextricably linked.
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You're Going To Hate 'TheMystery.doc,' And That's OK
Matthew McIntosh's fractured and fracturing 1,600-page tale of a writer with amnesia and a missing manuscript isn't fun, and it probably isn't supposed to be. But it is magnificently weird.
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Stunning New Biography 'Ali' Is The Portrait A Champion Deserves
Jonathan Eig's exhaustively researched new book paints a complex picture of Muhammad Ali, from his Kentucky childhood to his brilliant fighting style, his kindnesses, cruelties and eventual decline.
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Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine
Science fiction and fantasy, long dominated by Western mythology, are growing more diverse, with novels that draw on African mythology and legends.
Inside the List: Microsoft’s Chief Wants You to Know He’s a Different Kind of Leader
Satya Nadella’s memoir, “Hit Refresh,” enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 5.
The Book Review Podcast: Jennifer Egan Talks About ‘Manhattan Beach’
Egan discusses her new novel, and Franklin Foer talks about “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.”
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