Book Review: ‘Metropolis,’ by Ben Wilson
"Metropolis,” by Ben Wilson, examines the history of civilizations and the “connective tissue” that makes them thrive.
Book Review: ‘Cobble Hill,’ by Cecily von Ziegesar
In “Cobble Hill,” Cecily von Ziegesar visits a wealthy pocket of a trendy borough.
Who Was Pappy Van Winkle and Why Does His Whiskey Cost So Much?
Wright Thompson’s “Pappyland” goes deep into Kentucky’s bourbon culture through a history of one of its prominent producer families.
Book Review: ‘Loved and Wanted,’ by Christa Parravani
In “Loved and Wanted,” Christa Parravani gets real about abortion access in West Virginia.
For Ideologues in Silicon Valley, Everything Is Just Right
In Jonas Lüscher’s novel “Kraft,” a debt-ridden professor in a failing marriage tries to make a philosophical case for optimism.
The Human Ingenuity That Gave Us Nice Threads
In “The Fabric of Civilization,” the journalist and author Virginia Postrel recounts the evolution of textile production across cultures and centuries.
What America Owes to the Greeks and Romans
Thomas E. Ricks’s “First Principles” examines what the founders learned from ancient texts and how that affected the future of the country.
Book Review: ‘The Arrest,’ by Jonathan Lethem
In Lethem’s new novel, “The Arrest,” a visitor upends the pastoral, postapocalyptic lives of a farming community in Maine.
Book Review: ‘Kindred,’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
In “Kindred,” Rebecca Wragg Sykes offers a complete new story about Neanderthals, both how they lived and how they met their end.
8 Picture Books About Books
From a Kabul library bus to a Colombian garbage collector’s classics to the woman who brought Ferdinand the Bull to post-World War II Germany.
What’s Scarier, an Abandoned Boardinghouse or a Creepy Porcelain Doll?
Not much frightens Marilyn Stasio — except, as she admits in her new crime fiction column, eerie old dolls.
The Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
Ernest Freeberg talks about “A Traitor to His Species,” and the illustrator Christian Robinson discusses his career in picture books.
Slumber Parties: New Picture Books for Bedtime
Beautifully illustrated, and often as much incantation as story, these books are guaranteed to lull even the most wide-awake toddler.
Fantastic, Flavor-Filled Food Novels for Kids
Four new books feature Taiwanese, Pakistani, Indian and Chinese families — and the tempting cuisines they cook.
4 Books Fareed Zakaria Recommends for Today’s Political Moment
Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is on the list: “Still the best book ever written about this country.”
Jo Nesbo’s New Book Stars an Antisocial Loner. It’s Not Harry Hole.
There’s butchery and blood aplenty in “The Kingdom,” but no sign of Nesbo’s beloved police detective — just two brothers who have been up to no good.
Robert Gottlieb on Dickensworld — the Great Novelist’s Grand Universe
On the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death, Robert Gottlieb considers a new book, “The Mystery of Charles Dickens,” by A.N. Wilson, and delivers his own assessment of the author’s legacy.
New in Paperback: ‘Interior Chinatown’ and ‘The Water Dancer’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Revisiting Katherine Paterson on Happy Endings in Children’s Books
In 1988, Katherine Paterson wrote in the Book Review that children need not only the happily-ever-after of fairy tales, but also “proper endings” in which “hope is a yearning, rooted in reality.”
Literature as ‘Sweet and Useful’ and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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