Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
In Capitalism’s Clutch, and Exploring Its Contradictions
With her new book, “Having and Being Had,” the essayist Eula Biss meditates on the lived experience of class and money in American culture.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him
“My grave will be called ‘Mount Cleese.’”
A Canadian Poet Channels a 7th-Century Scottish Hermit
In “The Caiplie Caves,” Karen Solie invents a voice for St. Ethernan, who lived over a thousand years ago and retreated to solitude on the coast of Fife.
Embracing Sexual Identity, These Graphic Novels Burst With Life
In her Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at a reissue of Howard Cruse’s classic “Stuck Rubber Baby” and a new set of tarot cards for the future.
Happy 100th Best-Seller Week to ‘Between the World and Me’
Ta-Nehisi Coates wasn’t thinking about how many books he was going to sell. He was focused on saying what he needed to say.
Dreams and Waking Life Blur in a New Story Collection
“Likes,” by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, shows an impressive control of language and a capacious sense of how much a short story can do.
Her Town Depended on the Mill. Was It Also Making the Residents Sick?
In “Mill Town,” Kerri Arsenault uncovers her family’s long history in northern Maine and an epidemic of cancer that may be intimately connected to the community’s main employer.
‘Transcendent Kingdom,’ by Yaa Gyasi: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Transcendent Kingdom,” by Yaa Gyasi
‘The Quiet Americans,’ by Scott Anderson: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Quiet Americans,” by Scott Anderson
‘Fifty Words for Rain,’ by Asha Lemmie: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Fifty Words for Rain,” by Asha Lemmie
Elena Ferrante Returns With ‘The Lying Life of Adults’
In her first novel in five years, the author of “My Brilliant Friend” revisits old themes.
You’re Going to Want to Join this Odyssey Through Postwar Japan
Asha Lemmie’s sprawling, thought-provoking debut novel, “Fifty Words for Rain” will give you 50 reasons to cancel the rest of your day.
Set in Uganda, This Coming-of-Age Story Contains Universal Themes
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s new novel, “A Girl Is a Body of Water,” follows its young heroine as she grows up without a mother.
This Year Is Complicated. Three New Novels Remind Us the Past Was No Picnic Either.
From Detroit to Tuscany to an island off the coast of Germany, these books dip into other lives and heartbreaks.
New & Noteworthy, From Netflix to Writers’ Writers
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt
Scott Anderson’s “The Quiet Americans” describes how good intentions in foreign policy could lead to dire results.
Torn Between War and Art, a Journalist Chooses Both
“Out of Mesopotamia,” by Salar Abdoh, is as much a meditation on time and memory as it is a book about modern warfare.
‘In a World That Shouts, This Book Is a Song Played Softly,’ Ethan Hawke Writes
Wolf Wondratschek’s “Self-Portrait With Russian Piano” is about an aging concert performer who comes to loathe the spotlight.
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