‘What Tech Calls Thinking’ Might Really Be Something Else
The new book by Adrian Daub, a Stanford professor of comparative literature, brings a skeptical eye to Silicon Valley mythology.
The Secret Code That Threatened Nazi Fantasies of Racial Purity
Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves” recounts the history of Rotwelsch — a secret code used by vagabonds across Europe for centuries — and the efforts to stamp it out.
Coming Close to Nuclear Holocaust
Martin J. Sherwin’s “Gambling With Armageddon” reveals how the United States and the Soviet Union nearly fought a nuclear war in 1962.
Is This a Good Time to Be Born? Comparatively Speaking, Yes
In her new book about child mortality, Perri Klass explores the science.
Was Churchill a Great Man?
Two new books, Richard Toye’s “Winston Churchill: A Life in the News” and “The Churchill Myths,” by Steven Fielding, Bill Schwarz and Toye, examine Churchill’s career and legacy.
Sauce Makers and Scoundrels: Four Hot Romance Novels
New releases take you inside a Tang Dynasty palace, behind the scenes at a reality-TV set and into the fields of a 1970s British farm.
Black and White and Living Color
“The Talk” and “This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes” offer two very different approaches to helping children understand and confront bias.
Training Tomorrow’s Newshounds
Two new books about the press urge young people to leave their social media feeds and read reliable news and information from many different sources.
Teenagers in Turmoil
Whether undead, unloved or unjustly incarcerated, these star-crossed young-adult protagonists face their demons.
A Life of James Beard Stocked With Tasty Morsels
“The Man Who Ate Too Much,” by John Birdsall, a food critic and former cook, offers a thoroughly researched, sensitive portrait of the man known as the “dean of American cookery.”
Louise Penny’s Most Haunting Novel Yet
In her crime fiction column, Marilyn Stasio weighs in on four new books, including the 16th Inspector Armand Gamache mystery.
The Fate of Refugees After World War II
David Nasaw talks about “The Last Million,” and Carlos Lozada discusses “What Were We Thinking.”
Are Straight People OK? And Other Questions About Love and Sexuality
Three new books explore the past, present and future of romantic partnership.
New in Paperback: ‘Janis’ and ‘Grand Union’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Examining the Fraught Subject of Guns and Police
Three new books take very different angles in exploring a topic that is never far from today’s headlines.
The Marshall Plan, Netflix and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Jodi Picoult Waited to Write ‘The Book of Two Ways.’ Her Timing Was Impeccable.
The prolific author let her idea marinate until the time was right — and she had a private tutorial on coffin text.
David Byrne Likes Reading Aloud to His Friends
“Sharing words is like sharing food.”
Hilary Mantel Takes On Royals and Rebels in a Book of Essays
“Mantel Pieces” compiles nearly 30 years of the author’s work for The London Review of Books.
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