The Crash of Two Airplanes and the Crisis at Boeing
Peter Robison’s “Flying Blind” tells the full story of two air disasters and Boeing’s role in the crashes.
Has the Myth of the ‘Good War’ Done Us Lasting Harm?
In “Looking for the Good War,” the West Point scholar Elizabeth D. Samet argues that an idealized narrative of America’s actions in World War II has colored our beliefs about warfare in detrimental ways.
Magritte, Surrealism and the Pipe That Is Not a Pipe
Alex Danchev’s biography of René Magritte portrays a subversive artist who had no interest in bohemian life.
Stories Anchored in Place, From Japan to the U.S.-Mexican Border
New collections by Hiromi Kawakami, Wendy J. Fox and Blake Sanz.
The Horrors of Irish Magdalene Laundries, Revisited
Claire Keegan’s “Small Things Like These” uncovers the Catholic Church’s centuries-long conspiracy to imprison, abuse and even murder “fallen women” and their children.
An Earthquake Has Broken Tehran, but She’s Looking for a Different Fix
“In Case of Emergency,” a novel by Mahsa Mohebali, offers an antic portrait of a mind on edge in contemporary Iran.
The Best Books of 2021
Editors at The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year.
Performing Twins Part Ways. Estrangement Ensues.
In Elizabeth Weiss’s debut novel, “The Sisters Sweet,” a vaudeville family is torn asunder by a sibling in search of a limelight of her own.
A Book’s Unlikely Pairing: Fernando Pessoa and Plane Crashes
James Hannaham’s “Pilot Impostor” is a hybrid work of stories, essays, poems and visual art.
Ann Patchett on ‘These Precious Days’
Patchett talks about her new essay collection, and Corey Brettschneider discusses a series of books about liberty.
Starring Louise Erdrich as Herself
In her new best seller, “The Sentence,” the veteran novelist plays a small but important role as her protagonist’s benevolent boss.
Thomas Mann, Guilty Pleasures and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Ian Frazier Wishes Somebody Would Write About the World’s Largest Beaver Dam
“Supposedly it’s the largest animal-made structure visible from space. I would like to write about it myself, but no editors are interested.”
New in Paperback: ‘To Make Men Free’ and ‘You Love Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Jewish Pride, and Prejudice, in Veera Hiranandani’s New Middle Grade Novel
“How to Find What You’re Not Looking For” views the elopement of a Jewish girl with a Hindu boy through the lens of Loving v. Virginia.
Not Your Traditional Hanukkah/Christmas Picture Book
When a stone thrower extinguishes a menorah’s lights in Lee Wind’s “Red and Green and Blue and White,” a community bands together.
New Mysteries and Crime Novels
Rachel Kapelke-Dale’s debut novel, “The Ballerinas,” set in the hothouse world of a Paris ballet academy, follows three dancers hiding a very big secret.
The ‘Profusely Illustrated’ Life of Edward Sorel
The legendary illustrator has written a memoir, which tells the story of his Bronx youth through a varied career at the center of the New York media world.
Newly Published, From ‘Shaun of the Dead’ to Patricia Highsmith
A selection of books published this week.
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