Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from editors at The New York Times.
The Real Nanny Diaries
A writing workshop in Brooklyn helps caregivers explore their role in children’s lives by writing fables.
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: Jean Strouse and Eudora Welty on the “great books” they never finished.
In 'A State Of Freedom,' Be Careful What You Wish For
The characters Neel Mukherjee's new novel all want better lives, and — to say the least — they're seldom rewarded. A State of Freedom is a dark, brutal read, but also surprisingly beautiful.
(Image credit: Emily Bogle/NPR)
Books News: Jacqueline Woodson Is Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Ms. Woodson, a best-selling children’s book author, will travel the country, speaking to kids in schools, libraries, juvenile detention centers and other underserved areas.
Nonfiction: A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present
Richard Fidler’s “Ghost Empire” and Bettany Hughes’s “Istanbul” explore the intricate, improbable history of one of the world’s great urban centers.
By the Book: Daniel Mendelsohn: By the Book
Daniel Mendelsohn on his fondness of literary criticism, the classics and books about home decor and haute couture.
Crime: A Gumbo of Crime: From the Bayou to Britain
James Lee Burke and Peter Lovesey dig up murderers while Katherine Hall Page caters a possibly fatal party and Ray Celestin channels Al Capone.
Newsbook: A Literary Journey Underground
Three books delve into mass transit and the creation of the subway.
Nonfiction: No Light at the End of This Tunnel
Ian Black’s “Enemies and Neighbors” sees no clear solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nonfiction: What Happens When You Go Under
Two new books by Kate Cole-Adams and Henry Jay Przybylo look at the mysteries of anesthesia.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Essay: How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel
Poor black lives weren’t depicted in the serious fiction of Hughes’s day. As Angela Flournoy notes, his debut novel, “Not Without Laughter,” changed that.
Nonfiction: We Are What We Read
Two new books, by Martin Puchner and Abigail Williams, explore how literature has shaped human society.
Essay: What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea
Nicholas Kristof recommends books about one of the most closed countries on Earth.
Fiction: Displaced Persons
In Daniel Alarcón’s “The King Is Always Above the People,” young men in new situations find out who they really are.
The Book Review Podcast: The Fire Next Time
Brendan I. Koerner talks about “Megafire” and “Firestorm,” and Henry Fountain discusses “The Great Quake.”
Ivory Tower: What’s Bad News for Coastlines Can Be Good News for Surfers
Five books on oceans, hurricanes and the perfect wave.
The Shortlist: Three Books That Track Diseases, Drugs and the World They Made
Histories of modern medicine through the 20th-century proliferations of Spanish flu, tuberculosis and penicillin.
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