How to Destroy a Village
Liang Hong’s “China in One Village” recounts the forces that are undermining rural areas, and the helplessness of the people who live there.
Coming Home Is Anything but Easy in This ‘Millennial Noir’
Elias Rodriques’s debut novel, “All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running,” follows a young man searching for answers after the death of his high school flame.
New & Noteworthy Poetry, From First Peoples to Posthumous Ashbery
A selection of recent poetry titles of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Whenever She Has This Dream, Someone in Her Village Dies
Folklore informs Mariana Leky’s novel “What You Can See From Here,” which follows a motley cast of townspeople faced with a crisis.
The House That Mouse Built
This young adult version of a Spanish folk tale redefines what picture books can be. Reader discretion is advised.
Can Geometry Be as Soul-Stirring as Poetry?
In “Shape,” Jordan Ellenberg argues for the importance of geometry as the underlying structure of reality.
Brandon Taylor’s ‘Filthy Animals’ Is a Study in Rogue Appetites
The first story collection from the author of “Real Life” features unspoken desires bubbling up when least appropriate.
A History of Getting Hammered, and Why Some of Us Should Keep Doing It
In “Drunk,” Edward Slingerland plays devil’s advocate for the pleasure and utility of Dionysian abandon.
George Packer on Our Divided America
Packer talks about “Last Best Hope,” and Suzanne Simard discusses “Finding the Mother Tree.”
The One About Bibi Netanyahu’s Father and the Perils of Diaspora
In his new novel, “The Netanyahus,” Joshua Cohen imagines a visit by the scholar Benzion Netanyahu to an Ivy League school in the late 1950s.
New in Paperback: ‘The World’s Fastest Man’ and ‘Our Time Is Now’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Summer Reading, the I.R.S. and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Jordan Ellenberg Wouldn’t Have Given the Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan
“I strongly endorse the idea of going beyond the verbal art forms traditionally marked as ‘literature,’ but everybody already knows about Bob Dylan. They should have given it to Lynda Barry.”
Black Lives Drawn and Stories of Struggle Told Through Comics
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at a compilation of Black cartoonists and a history of female slave rebellions.
Turning to Books to Grasp the Most Ungraspable Disease
Sandeep Jauhar offers a tour of books about Alzheimer’s, from the search for a cure to fictionalized accounts of living with this scourge.
It’s Not Too Late to Discover Louise Meriwether
The author, 98, wrote one of the classic novels of Depression-era Black life, “Daddy Was a Number Runner,” and its themes still resonate today.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Serena Williams: The Queen and Her Court
Gerald Marzorati’s “Seeing Serena” follows her across the globe over the course of one year.
Ashley C. Ford Believes in Letting the Light In
The podcast host and debut author tells a difficult story in her best-selling memoir, “Somebody’s Daughter.” But there are glimmers of brightness.
What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island?
In Cynthia Leitich Smith’s “Sisters of the Neversea,” the Darlings have been transported to Tulsa, Okla., and Lily is Wendy’s Native stepsister.
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