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Two remarkable new picture books about ships that pass in the night.
Byrne talks about his work with the artist Maira Kalman on his latest book, and Brittany K. Barnett discusses “A Knock at Midnight.”
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Michael P. Jeffries reviews Les Payne and Tamara Payne’s book, “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X,” in this week’s issue. In 1992, Michael Eric Dyson wrote for the Book Review about a select group of books that examine Malcolm X’s life.
Coming-of-age stories from four first-time novelists.
In Gavriel Savit’s “The Way Back,” a National Book Award finalist, two children leave their shtetl and venture to the Far Country.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
In “The Law of Innocence,” someone has planted a corpse in the trunk of the snazzy lawyer’s famous Lincoln Town Car.
This first volume of the former president’s memoirs brims with warmth, humor and introspection.
She tried her hand at fiction, to no avail. So she wrote a memoir about a circle of strangers instead.
In “Metazoa,” Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the ocean depths to illuminate how the minds of animals work.
“It helped me reshuffle things in my head and how I wanted to speak.”
A young woman’s diagnosis is only the beginning of the mystery in “Lightning Flowers.” As Katherine E. Standefer tried to make sense of her heart condition, her conscience sent her on a trip across the world.
In “The Woman Who Stole Vermeer,” Anthony M. Amore recounts the social history that led to the biggest female-led art heist ever committed.
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s “Strongmen” examines a long list of tyrants in the modern era.
An excerpt from “The Arrest,” by Jonathan Lethem
An excerpt from “Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life,” by Katherine E. Standefer
An excerpt from “Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood,” by Christa Parravani
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