Paranoid of a Lurking Evil, a Writer Goes Down the Rabbit Hole
In Hari Kunzru’s novel “Red Pill,” a retreat to a peaceful study center in Berlin becomes a quest against the world’s dark forces.
‘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.
Tested by Tragedy, Two Politicians Review Their Records — Mistakes Included
“Cry Havoc,” by Michael Signer, the former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., and “The Violence Inside Us,” by the Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, grapple with racial tension, gun violence and errors of leadership.
A Salvadoran-American Assembles the Fragments of a Violent Cultural History
“Unforgetting,” by the journalist Roberto Lovato, examines the long and bloody relationship between the United States and El Salvador through the prism of his family.
Emma Cline Knows First World Problems
The stories in “Daddy,” the debut collection by the author of “The Girls,” follow the “trials” of the Hollywood and literary elite.
‘We Germans,’ Alexander Starritt by the Author: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “We Germans,” by Alexander Starritt
How Has Donald Trump Survived?
Michael S. Schmidt’s “Donald Trump v. the United States” describes the uncomfortable tenures of two influential White House figures.
In Yaa Gyasi’s New Novel, a Young Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family’s Pain
“Transcendent Kingdom,” by the author of “Homegoing,” features a Stanford Ph.D. student struggling to comprehend the addiction that killed her brother.
From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time
A modern-day Scheherazade uses storytelling to survive the fifth grade.
Catching the Buzz: A Young C.E.O. on Her Lemonade Business, Which Was Inspired by Bees
Mikaila Ulmer’s “Bee Fearless” is that rarest of book breeds: the middle grade memoir.
A Python Ate the President’s Neighbor? Only in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida
“Squeeze Me,” Hiaasen’s new novel, is an unabashedly political satire full of his signature high jinks.
7 Takeaways From ‘Melania and Me,’ by the First Lady’s Former Friend
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was part of the Trumps’ inner circle — until she wasn’t. Her memoir is a cautionary tale.
Kurt Andersen on ‘Evil Geniuses’
Andersen talks about his new book, and Lesley M.M. Blume discusses “Fallout.”
Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II
Tributes to family connect these four novels and a memoir, honoring the too-easily-broken bonds that sustain children across the globe.
New in Paperback: ‘The Testaments’ and ‘The Patient’s Checklist’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
War — What Is It Good For? Chemotherapy, Apparently
In “The Great Secret,” Jennet Conant argues that the 1943 bombing of a ship full of mustard gas helped spur research into cancer treatments.
Hitler and the Holocaust
In the second volume of his biography, “Hitler: Downfall, 1939-1945,” Volker Ullrich examines the central role of Hitler in the extermination of the Jews.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage
“The Churchill Complex,” by Ian Buruma, examines the invented kinship of Anglo-American relations since World War II.
Revisiting the ‘Emotional Hodge-Podge’ of ‘Catch-22’
In 1961, writer Richard G. Stern reviewed Joseph Heller’s satirical war novel “Catch-22” for the Book Review, calling it “an emotional hodge-podge.”
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