Fiction: In Salman Rushdie’s New Novel, the Backdrop Is the Obama Years
“The Golden House” tells the story of a billionaire patriarch and his enigmatic family after they arrive in New York.
Egos: New in Memoir: Looking for Fulfilling Work in the Gig Economy
Books on the golden age of journalism, the brave new world of internet pornography and driving for Uber.
Fiction: A Mystic Hero in Search of a ‘Beast’
The second installment of Paul Kingsnorth’s trilogy, which began with “The Wake,” follows one man’s quest for a creature and a purpose.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: A Writer Visits Latvia in Search of Her Roots
In her memoir “Among the Living and the Dead,” Inara Verzemnieks learns what happened to her family in World War II.
The Shortlist: Fiery Collections of Essays From Young Feminist Writers
Three explorations of culture as it affects what it means to be a woman.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the value of higher education, a conversation among spies and more.
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: Salman Rushdie on importance of “global dialogue.”
Essay: After the Hurricane Winds Die Down, Larry McMurtry’s Houston Trilogy Lives On
Douglas Brinkley on the writer whose fiction has captured the boom city’s relentless appetite for growth.
In 'Forest Dark,' A Building In Israel Connects 2 Searching Souls
Nicole Krauss' new novel, Forest Dark, tells two stories concurrently: a man at the end of a financially successful life searching for meaning, and a younger woman writer searching for meaning as her marriage collapses. The only thing that connects them is a building on the other side of the world.
Editors' Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Wind Still Blows Through The Willows — And Along 'The River Bank'
Kij Johnson works fresh magic with an old story in The River Bank, a sequel to The Wind in the Willows that introduces two new characters, Miss Mole and Miss Rabbit, but keeps the original's charm.
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It All Began With 'Adam And Eve'
In his new book, Stephen Greenblatt argues that the world wouldn't be the same without the story of Adam and Eve — the primal narrative that shapes how we think about almost everything.
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By the Book: Sally Quinn: By the Book
The author of, most recently, “Finding Magic: A Spiritual Memoir,” doesn’t like to read short story collections, “especially if they’re good, because they always leave me wanting more.”
Nonfiction: How the New Immigration Is Shaking Old Europe to Its Core
“The Strange Death of Europe,” by Douglas Murray, and “The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe,” by Rita Chin, examine divisive debates over Western values.
Nonfiction: The Vietnam War Then and Now
Geoffrey C. Ward’s “The Vietnam War” relives a conflict that divided Americans 50 years ago, and continues to evoke bitter memories today.
Newsbook: 3 Books on the Importance of Early Education
As policy makers, teachers, and parents work to expand pre-K programs, here are three books on what children really need.
'World Without Mind' Is An Urgent, Personal Polemic
Franklin Foer's new book on the collision of technology and democracy is heavily informed by his unhappy 2014 departure from The New Republic, after its takeover by Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes.
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The Pleasures Of Story Get Lost In This 'Forest Dark'
In Nicole Krauss' new novel, two characters move to Israel in search of fresh starts. But this strained tale of midlife crisis takes some odd turns and never quite coheres.
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Fiction: A Debut Novel Imagines Political Intrigue at the 1939 World’s Fair
In Brendan Mathews’s “The World of Tomorrow,” two brothers fleeing Ireland for New York get embroiled in a wild assassination plot.
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