Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: Danielle Steel: ‘I Know an Idea Is Right for Me When It Just Clicks’
The best-selling author talks frankly about her writing process, her 1946 Olympia typewriter and her decidedly unglamorous writing attire.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
The Book Review Podcast: Rose McGowan on ‘Brave’
McGowan talks about her new memoir, and Katie Kitamura discusses Tom Malmquist’s new novel, “In Every Moment We Are Still Alive.”
Children’s Books: Children’s Books About Black History, Heavy on Biographies
Slavery, Jim Crow, segregation: Black history is “a tale so devoid of logic, it frustrates the young reader.” These books about great lives can help.
A Revolving Review of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
Sergio García Sánchez pays visual homage to Lewis Carroll’s classic tale.
The Shortlist: France’s Love Affair With Food
Two Americans (David Lebovitz and David Downie) and an Australian (John Baxter) celebrate the culinary pleasures of the country they now call home.
Nonfiction: Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor
Michael Meyer’s “The Road to Sleeping Dragon” and Xiaolu Guo’s “Nine Continents” describe China as a country in profound transition.
Fiction: A Fictional Heroine’s Fitful Upbringing Is Set Against the Sino-Japanese War
Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunions” vacillates in time and place to reveal a Chinese-American woman’s complex coming-of-age.
Nonfiction: One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
Paul Kix’s “The Saboteur” recounts the exploits of Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat who became a fighter for the French Resistance.
Fiction: Evil Stepmother, Reimagined
A reissue of Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree” shows off her reworking of one of the Grimms’ grimmest tales.
A Writer’s Controversial Past That Will Not Die
Peter Matthiessen’s nephew recalls both his uncle’s career as a writer and his experience as an operative for the C.I.A.
Crime: Murderous Trips Into the Past, Then a Return to a Dangerous Present
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features mysteries set in 1920s Britain and Freud’s Vienna, paired with two modern-day American puzzlers.
Fiction: The Plot to Kill Hitler
“Munich,” Robert Harris’s latest thriller, features the Führer and the notorious Neville Chamberlain.
Newsbook: What Does It Take to Win a Super Bowl?
These books about a cerebral coach, a player plucked from poverty and a year in the life of a team show the good, bad and ugly aspects of football.
Book Club Archive: Jesmyn Ward Answers Book Club Members’ Questions
February’s Now Read This pick is: “Killers of the Flower Moon,” by David Grann.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'Starlings' Showcases An Imagination That Stretches To The Stars
Jo Walton says her new collection isn't actually a book of short stories — rather, these pieces are jokes, exercises or odd poems. Either way, Starlings proves endlessly fascinating and inventive.
(Image credit: Tachyon Publications)
Fiction: A Debut Novel Traces the Boundary Between Life and Death
“The Afterlives,” by Thomas Pierce, explores the fluidity of human existence.
Nonfiction: The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism?
In “To Fight Against This Age,” Rob Riemen argues that culture and humanism are the best weapons against modern anti-liberal trends.
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