Review: ‘Planes,’ by Peter C. Baker
“Planes,” by Peter C. Baker, explores the internal lives of four characters in a story of activism, duty and culpability.
Review: “Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World,” by Barry Lopez
In a posthumous essay collection, Lopez asks readers “not to give in to the temptation to despair.”
White and Black: A Historian Traces African-American Influences in the United States
David Hackett Fischer’s “African Founders” examines the interplay of Black and white culture through the centuries.
Bill McKibben, American Idealist, Sours on America’s Ideals
In “The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon,” an activist finds flaws in patriotism, faith and suburban life and urges fellow baby boomers to change.
Book Review: ‘Happy-Go-Lucky,’ by David Sedaris
The chronicler of dysfunctional families and oddball enthusiasms returns with a new essay collection, “Happy-Go-Lucky.”
New Travel Books to Transport You This Summer
Recent travel books show an interest not just in distant places, but in distant times.
10 New Books About Gardening
Get your hands in the dirt — and relish the pleasant company of frogs and fireflies, salamanders and snakes.
8 New Romance Novels to Read This Summer
What do these romance novels — featuring ghosts, Greek goddesses, a cardiologist, a fisherman, an astronaut and a Tang dynasty courtesan — have in common?
New Sports Books About the Knicks, Rickey Henderson and More
Baseball, basketball, Formula One: Six new books take readers on a tour from Madison Square Garden to Monza, Italy.
7 New Thrillers to Read This Summer
There’s something for everyone in this summer’s crop of thrillers.
8 New Horror Novels to Read This Summer
It may be hot outside, but these novels — from Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau” to Catriona Ward’s “Sundial” — cast a shivery chill.
New Books About Hollywood and the Art Industry
Books about Viola Davis, Harvey Fierstein, Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward and more take us “into performance and creativity, slipping down old lanes, conducting close readings.”
8 New Cookbooks Coming This Summer
You’ll swoon over recipes for burrata with honey, persimmons and pistachio; lemongrass-scented chai; sesame creamed spinach and more.
New Historical Fiction to Read This Summer
These novels remind us that people have made horrible mistakes since the beginning of time. (They also contain love, joy and triumph!)
6 New True Crime Books to Read This Summer
Six new true-crime books take you from the South Seas to Shenandoah National Park, then from a rural doctor’s office in North Carolina to Chile.
7 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels to Read This Summer
Rethinking old myths and accepted narratives comes with risks, but the results can be thrilling.
New Books About Music to Read This Summer
Our summer roundup features Reich’s “Conversations,” Dan Charnas’s “Dilla Time” and Spector’s “Be My Baby.”
Memories on High and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Remembering the ‘Great Stewardess Rebellion’
Nell McShane Wulfhart discusses her new history of a labor movement, and James Kirchick talks about “Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.”
Review: ‘Probably Ruby,’ by Lisa Bird-Wilson; ‘Aue,’ by Becky Manawatu, and ‘Lucky Turtle,’ by Bill Roorbach
Coming-of-age novels set among the Métis community in Canada, the Māori population in New Zealand and the Crow Nation in Montana.
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