Nonfiction: The Education of Ellen Pao
In “Reset,” the Silicon Valley executive and former venture capitalist explains how she came to question the culture of the tech industry.
Match Book: Books That Show the Heights of Human Strength, the Limits of Endurance
From natural disaster to wild beasts and warfare, tragedies factual and fictional so vivid that they’ll strike terror in the heart of any reader.
Books of The Times: A Father and Son Sail Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Together
Daniel Mendelsohn’s “An Odyssey” recounts what happened when the author’s 81-year-old father enrolled in one of his son’s classes at Bard College.
Nonfiction: Survival of the Prettiest
Darwin’s theory of aesthetics may be the sexiest, most dangerous idea in evolution.
Spies, Betrayal, And Some Really Good Food In 'Dinner At The Center Of The Earth'
Nathan Englander's latest tells the fraught history of Israel and Palestine with quotidian details that make the story feel not historically accurate, but historically intimate.
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Move Over Millennials, Here Comes iGen ... Or Maybe Not
A new book worries that growing up with smartphones and the internet has been harmful to a generation of kids. Critic Annalisa Quinn says intergenerational carping is a long, and unhelpful tradition.
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These 'Far Away Brothers' Remake Themselves In America
Lauren Markham's careful, empathetic new book follows twin brothers from El Salvador, who flee gang violence to make a new life for themselves in a country that's increasingly harsh to immigrants.
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In 'Shadowhouse Fall,' Magical Threats Map Real-World Peril
Daniel José Older's new novel continues the adventures of magician Sierra Santiago and her tight-knit band of friends and family as they battle not just unfriendly sorcery but everyday discrimination.
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The Book Review Podcast: Notes From a Crazy Campaign Trail
Jill Abramson discusses Katy Tur’s new memoir, “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History.”
Book News: A Green Light Is Given, It’s True, for a Grown-Up Cindy Lou Who
A federal judge has ruled that “Who’s Holiday!” doesn’t violate the copyright of the Dr. Seuss classic, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”
Books News: Three Debut Novelists Make the National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction
Nominees include Jennifer Egan, Lisa Ko, David Grann, Kevin Young and Alarcón
Open Book: Gallery of Horrors
“Paperbacks from Hell” collects hundreds of memorable horror-fiction cover designs.
TV's Property Brothers Share Their Open Plan For Success In 'It Takes Two'
Drew and Jonathan Scott trade chapters, attempting to capture their on-camera rivalry. NPR's Linda Holmes says, "They're dunking on each other, but with Nerf balls. And a plastic hoop. At eye level."
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In 'The Pictures,' The Story Slips Out Of Focus
With The Pictures, British author Guy Bolton kicks off a mystery series set in classic-era Hollywood. He's clearly done his research on 1930s America, but sometimes all that detail obscures the story.
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Further Reading: 20 Must-Read Books on the Vietnam War
Here’s a list of essential reading — just in time for the new Ken Burns documentary — on the conflict that divided America.
Inside the List: Alice Waters’s Grilled Cheese Is Not Like Yours and Mine
In her best-selling new memoir, “Coming to My Senses,” the chef recommends a French mountain cheese and homemade sauerkraut for a childhood staple.
Fiction: A 19th-Century Smuggler in the Peruvian Andes
Natasha Pulley’s rambunctious historical novel “The Bedlam Stacks” sends a British adventurer on a magic realist mission to South America.
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.
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