Who Is Duchess Goldblatt?
A memoir from a Twitter celebrity doesn’t name names, but it does provide an entertaining back story.
On the Path to Recovery, One Step at a Time Is Easier Said Than Done
Erica C. Barnett’s memoir, “Quitter,” chronicles her long and winding road to an alcohol-free life.
When American Politics Turned Toxic
Julian E. Zelizer’s “Burning Down the House” sees Newt Gingrich’s rise in Congress as a turning point in political history.
Ben Ehrenreich’s Dispatches From the Beginning and End of the World
In “Desert Notebooks,” a study of arid America reveals the roots of our present calamities.
How to Sell Your Rape Story
There’s nothing special about my story. That’s the point.
These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a series of novels by Black authors married revolutionary politics with pulp fiction. Their plotlines remain distressingly relevant.
8 Picture Books That Let Young Minds Wonder and Wander on Their Own
These journeys of the imagination explore what it means to be human.
Jules Feiffer on His Long, Varied Career
Feiffer talks about his new picture book and more, and Steve Inskeep discusses “Imperfect Union.”
Considering the American Voice
Irving Howe wrote for the Book Review about American literature — “moving from visions to problems, from ecstasy to trouble, from self to society” — on July 4, 1976. “Land of the free? Yes, but also home of the exploited.”
New in Paperback: ‘The Yellow House’ and ‘Night Boat to Tangier’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Feminists, Poetic Pretensions and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
What Keeps America Divided?
“Let Them Eat Tweets,” by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, examines the ways in which the wealthy control the Republican Party.
What Is the Status of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Wall’?
In “14 Miles,” his exploration of life on the border, DW Gibson reveals the reality and fantasy of the president’s desired wall.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Meet Vashti Harrison, Belle of the Best-Seller Lists
This author and illustrator is a mainstay across multiple categories. She hopes her work broadens the horizons of young readers.
Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring
Christopher Buckley’s “Make Russia Great Again,” Jessica Anthony’s “Enter the Aardvark” and the anthology “The Faking of the President” all have fun with American politics.
Steve Inskeep Is Drawn to Books With Nuanced Female Characters
“Years ago I read everything by Hemingway and Raymond Carver. It’s a different experience to read Elif Shafak and Lauren Groff.”
The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican
David Paul Kuhn’s “The Hardhat Riot” recounts a little-remembered event and traces its significance to the politics of the present day.
The Baby-Sitters Club Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Literary Fiction
The wildly popular series was marketed to girls. But its nuanced depiction of friendship provided a 9-year-old boy with an education that “boy books” did not.
‘Every Work of American Literature Is About Race’: Writers on How We Got Here
Amid the most profound social upheaval since the 1960s, these novelists, historians, poets, comedians and activists take a moment to look back to the literature.
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