Jacques Pépin and the Art of Making the Most of It
“Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple,” an updated cookbook, offers useful lessons in economy for trying times.
A Girl Raised in Isolation Stumbles on an Exit
“Cleo Porter and the Body Electric,” a lighthearted adventure written before the pandemic, imagines a post-virus world eerily like the one we now inhabit.
Razzle Dazzle, Part 2: Broadway Triumphs Again
Michael Riedel’s “Singular Sensation” tracks the blockbuster successes of the 1990s.
Undreamed Waters, Unexpected Shores
Two remarkable new picture books about ships that pass in the night.
David Byrne on Turning ‘American Utopia’ Into a Book
Byrne talks about his work with the artist Maira Kalman on his latest book, and Brittany K. Barnett discusses “A Knock at Midnight.”
Using the Bible in an Apocalypse and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback:
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Considering Malcolm X and the Perfect Black Man
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.
Young Adult Debuts
Coming-of-age stories from four first-time novelists.
Into the Woods
In Gavriel Savit’s “The Way Back,” a National Book Award finalist, two children leave their shtetl and venture to the Far Country.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller Is Back. This Time He’s the Suspect.
In “The Law of Innocence,” someone has planted a corpse in the trunk of the snazzy lawyer’s famous Lincoln Town Car.
Book Review: ‘A Promised Land,’ by Barack Obama
This first volume of the former president’s memoirs brims with warmth, humor and introspection.
Christie Tate Wrote a Best Seller About Group Therapy. Fellow Members Approved.
She tried her hand at fiction, to no avail. So she wrote a memoir about a circle of strangers instead.
Where Does Our Consciousness Overlap With an Octopus’s?
In “Metazoa,” Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the ocean depths to illuminate how the minds of animals work.
How ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Influenced Lenny Kravitz’s Memoir
“It helped me reshuffle things in my head and how I wanted to speak.”
This Medical Memoir Reads Like a Detective Story
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.
How Rose Dugdale Went From British Debutante to I.R.A. ‘Freedom Fighter’
In “The Woman Who Stole Vermeer,” Anthony M. Amore recounts the social history that led to the biggest female-led art heist ever committed.
New & Noteworthy, From Fake News to American Essays
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Authoritarians From Mussolini to Trump
Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s “Strongmen” examines a long list of tyrants in the modern era.
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