The Freelance Life, but With Superheroes
The novel “Hench,” by Natalie Zina Walschots, imagines a lost millennial in a Marvel-style war between good and evil.
The Bodega Boys Wrote a Book, You Know the Vibes
Whether or not you’re from the Bronx, Desus & Mero have some “God-Level Knowledge Darts” to throw at you.
The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About
“Our Bodies, Their Battlefields,” by Christina Lamb, a British foreign correspondent, provides one of the first exhaustive examinations of rape as a weapon of war.
Life in an America Where Some Are Only ‘Conditional Citizens’
In her first nonfiction book, the novelist Laila Lalami offers a wrenching look at her experience as a naturalized citizen and the challenges endured by immigrants like her.
A Love Triangle and a Variety Show in Seaside England
“Here We Are,” by Graham Swift, is a nostalgic look at the world of magicians and song-and-dance acts facing changes in taste and technology.
The Divisions That Are Destroying the Country
In “Divided We Fall,” David French warns that secession movements are a real possibility for the future.
8 Picture Books About Ordinary Kids’ Everyday Activism
From making soup to creating a butterfly garden, everyone can do something.
Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real
These four thrillers may be gussied up with future settings, but the problems they confront are rooted in today’s world.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Ayad Akhtar on Truth and Fiction
Akhtar discusses “Homeland Elegies” and Marc Lacey talks about “Cry Havoc,” by Michael Signer, and “The Violence Inside Us,” by Chris Murphy.
New in Paperback: ‘Speaking American’ and ‘The Seine’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
All-American Stories by Walter Mosley, Matthew Baker and Ron Rash
Three new collections explore the abuses, hypocrisies and awkwardnesses of living in this country today.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Claudia Rankine on the Ways Race Haunts Her Imagination, and America’s
In her new book, “Just Us,” the poet and essayist repeatedly asks how race is understood and manifested in American culture.
The Back Story Behind ‘Transcendent Kingdom’: Yaa Gyasi Is a Solid Friend
Loyalty spurred the best-selling author to visit a neuroscientist’s lab. What she saw there inspired her next narrator.
Why Michael Ian Black Doesn’t Like Mystery Novels
“Just tell me who did it.”
Revisiting the ‘Violent Ballets’ of Jack Kirby
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park explores books capturing Kirby’s life and work, including a new biography by Tom Scioli.
Black Boyhood and Its Superpowers
Isaiah Dunn has a superhero alter ego who gets his powers from eating beans and rice. Nnamdi is transformed by his anger into a seven-foot-tall hulk.
From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner
Alex Ross’s “Wagnerism” is “a book about a musician’s influence on non-musicians — resonances and reverberations of one art form into others.” Reviewed by John Adams.
The Harsh Realities of Being Indigenous in North America
Two new memoirs, Alicia Elliott’s “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” and Toni Jensen’s “Carry,” sketch harrowing portraits of Native life today.
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