Sketchbook / Graphic Review: Jillian Tamaki on ‘The Sky Is Falling’
Jillian Tamaki revisits “The Sky Is Falling,” the children’s classic about British children evacuated to Canada during World War II.
3 Romances For Your August Escape
The lazy days of August call for getaway reading, so we've got three romances that'll take you from old China to the small-town South, featuring couples who learn love is closer than they think.
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An Oddball Family That Can't Connect In 'How To Behave In A Crowd'
Camille Bordas keeps things light in her smart, charming new novel, but there are serious underpinnings to this story about the youngest member of a family of quirky, emotionally closed overachievers.
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Fiction: A Postmodern Buddy-Cop Novel Sends Up the World of Semiotics
Laurent Binet’s “The Seventh Function of Language” turns the story of the death of Roland Barthes into a romp through the days when literary theory reigned.
Nonfiction: A Family Memoir Makes the Case That Autism Is Different, Not Less
Judith Newman’s “To Siri With Love,” about life with an autistic son, is both riotous and moving.
'Home Fire' Puts A Topical Spin On Ancient Greek Tragedy
Kamila Shamsie's new book — beautifully written and paced — updates the ancient story of Antigone to tell an explosive story of two families tangled together by love, grief and religious radicalism.
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'Hail To The Chin': B-List Actor Bruce Campbell Returns With A Memoir Of Middle Age
Campbell's second collection of rants and ruminations is just as enjoyably smarmy as his first, though the actor's ruthlessly sardonic outlook has mellowed.
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Nonfiction: How the Radical Right Played the Long Game and Won
In “Democracy in Chains,” Nancy MacLean digs into the work of the economist James McGill Buchanan, who paved the way for our current political moment.
Fiction: An Art World Mystery Wrapped in the Story of a Young Woman Coming Unglued
Lucy Ives’s “Impossible Views of the World” is a fictional work about a disappearance in the art community.
Nonfiction: An Intellectual Historian Argues His Case Against Identity Politics
In his slim polemic “The Once and Future Liberal,” Mark Lilla urges the left to overcome its differences.
Match Book: Desperately Seeking Love Stories With a Temporal Twist
A reader desires romance — dazzling, literary, unsettled by time. Our columnist responds with titles by John Fowles, Italo Calvino, A. S. Byatt and others.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville
In light of the deadly violence during a white supremacist rally in Virginia this weekend, here are books to help you discuss racism and anti-Semitism at home.
Nonfiction: The Curious Conundrum of Freud’s Persistent Influence
“Freud,” a critical biography by Frederick Crews, asks why the creator of a scientifically delegitimized blueprint of the mind still carries so much sway.
Fiction: In Delhi or America, the Men in These Stories Behave Badly
Akhil Sharma’s story collection, “A Life of Adventure and Delight,” is a cultural exposé and a lacerating critique of a certain type of male ego.
Nonfiction: How the Lincoln-Douglas Rivalry Defined a Nation
In “Wrestling With His Angel,” the second volume of his biography of Abraham Lincoln, Sidney Blumenthal tells of Lincoln’s circuitous journey to Republican embrace.
'Ghost Of The Innocent Man' Chronicles Justice Too Long Delayed
Benjamin Rachlin's crisply-written new book tells the story of Willie Grimes, who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit — and the tortuous legal struggle that eventually freed him.
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L'Oreal's Dark Roots Are On Display In 'The Bettencourt Affair'
A former Paris bureau chief for Time, Tom Sancton is the perfect chronicler of l'affaire Bettencourt — the juicy swirl of scandal, bribery and dark doings that fascinated France for a decade.
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The Book Review Podcast: New Books About Parenting
Judith Newman discusses a recent crop of books about parenting, and Bill Goldstein talks about “The World Broke in Two.”
Open Book: Desperate Times Call for Old Measures
In his new book, Jeff Flake says he was inspired by Barry Goldwater’s “The Conscience of a Conservative.” But are Goldwater’s truths all that timeless — or even useful?
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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