Book Review: ‘Skull Water,’ by Heinz Insu Fenkl
In Heinz Insu Fenkl’s autobiographical novel “Skull Water,” a 1970s teenager suffers a grief that connects him to his forebears.
Book Review: ‘Western Lane,’ by Chetna Maroo
In Chetna Maroo’s debut novel, “Western Lane,” an adolescent girl mourns the death of her mother in the empty reverberations between points.
Book Review: ‘Why Trying to Return Home,” by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
The stories in Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s “When Trying to Return Home” range from present-day Puerto Rico to St. Louis in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education.
Book Review: ‘Eastbound,’ by Maylis de Kerangal
In Maylis de Kerangal’s novel “Eastbound,” a young conscript becomes a hunted man in a very tight space.
Book Review: ‘My Nemesis,’ by Charmaine Craig
A bicoastal “friendship” between two couples culminates in accusations and tragedy in Charmaine Craig’s novel “My Nemesis.”
Book Review: ‘Holding Fire,’ by Bryce Andrews
In his memoir “Holding Fire,” Bryce Andrews confronts the violence and guilt of past generations.
Book Review: ‘Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop,’ by Martin Puchner
Martin Puchner’s new book is a forceful rebuke to those who argue that culture can be owned by groups, nations, religions or races.
Book Review: ‘The Unfortunates,’ by J K Chukwu
J K Chukwu wrote “The Unfortunates,” her playful, powerful debut novel, in the form of an academic thesis.
Review: ‘A Hacker’s Mind,’ by Bruce Schneier
In “A Hacker’s Mind,” Bruce Schneier goes beyond the black-hoodie clichés.
Review: ‘Lives of the Wives,’ by Carmela Ciuraru
Carmela Ciuraru’s “Lives of the Wives” explores five literary unions fraught with resentment, ego and abysmal behavior.
Book Review: ‘Your Driver Is Waiting,’ by Priya Guns
Priya Guns takes on classism and racism in her debut novel, “Your Driver Is Waiting.”
Book Review: ‘Stealing,’ by Margaret Verble
In Margaret Verble’s latest novel, “Stealing,” a Cherokee girl is kidnapped and sent to a Christian school, where terrors reign.
Book Review: ‘Couplets,’ by Maggie Millner
Maggie Millner’s first book, “Couplets,” breathes new life into an old form to tell the story of a romance that catches its heroine off guard.
Book Review: ‘Up With the Sun,’ by Thomas Mallon
In his name-dropping novel “Up With the Sun,” Thomas Mallon fictionalizes the minor career and tabloid murder of the Broadway actor Dick Kallman.
Book Review: ‘The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3,” by Kira Yarmysh
A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.
Book Review: ‘The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3,” by Kira Yarmysh
A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.
Book Review: ‘Stone Blind,’ by Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes’s new novel, “Stone Blind,” continues her retellings of Greek legends, this one featuring the snake-haired Gorgon, long a symbol of female monstrosity.
Book Review: ‘A Spell of Good Things,’ by Ayòbámi Adébáyò
In Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s “A Spell of Good Things,” the lives of a working-class boy and a wealthy young doctor converge to expose the precarity of the social order.
What Does It Mean to Be Liberal?
In his new book, “The Struggle for a Decent Politics,” the political philosopher Michael Walzer grapples with a definition.
Book Review: “B.F.F.,” by Christie Tate
In her new memoir, “B.F.F.,” Christie Tate looks at her history of failed platonic relationships and learns something about herself.
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