Did America Use Bioweapons in Korea? Nicholson Baker Tried to Find Out
“Baseless,” the novelist’s new work of nonfiction, is the record of a frustrated investigation and an indictment of government secrecy.
New & Noteworthy, From Free Speech to True Crime
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
An American Poet Shaped by the Futility and Sadism of War
In “The Beauty of Living,” the scholar J. Alison Rosenblitt delves into E.E. Cummings’s formative experiences as an ambulance driver and prisoner during World War I.
Remembering the Time Meat Fell From the Sky
In “The Unidentified,” Colin Dickey looks at phenomena that science seems unable to explain, and at the cults that have developed around them.
The Consolations of Jane Austen
Through the trials of new motherhood and the loss of a parent, Rachel Cohen read the English novelist exclusively. “Austen Years” is her memoir of the experience.
Where the Sick Get Sicker and the Sane Are Driven Mad: Behind Bars
In “Waiting for an Echo,” Christine Montross, a psychiatrist who works in prisons, catalogs the devastating effects of incarceration on the mentally ill.
Why Is Women’s Work Still Undervalued and Unacknowledged?
In “The Double X Economy,” Linda Scott sums up years of research on the vast shadow economy of female workers and ways to change it.
An Unidentifiable Stranger Plunges a Community Into Crisis in ‘Pew’
The new novel by Catherine Lacey features a narrator of no discernible gender, race or past and a Christian town whose tolerant posture is sorely tested.
Don’t Believe History Repeats Itself? Read This Book
Emma Donoghue’s “The Pull of the Stars” takes readers inside an ill-equipped Dublin hospital during a viral pandemic — in 1918.
Oliver Stone’s Reel History
In “Chasing the Light,” the Oscar-winning director and screenwriter has finally found a historical figure he can portray with all the bias he desires: himself.
Jackie Robinson’s Inner Struggle
Books by an American icon tell the story of his battle against bigotry from the inside.
Why Intellectuals Support Dictators
Anne Applebaum’s “Twilight of Democracy” examines the role of thinkers and writers who back modern authoritarians.
Learning to Heal, With a Little Fur Machine
In Joan Bauer’s “Raising Lumie,” training a future guide dog helps a newly orphaned girl navigate loss.
The Horror Novel Lurking in Your Busy Online Life
The genre relies on solitude and isolation to generate fear. But virtual connection is an illusion that cyber-horror writers are beginning to exploit.
Newt Gingrich and the Dawn of an Era
Julian E. Zelizer talks about “Burning Down the House,” and Lacy Crawford talks about “Notes on a Silencing.”
A Roaring, Full-Throttle Thriller, Crackling With Tension and Charm
In S.A. Cosby’s “Blacktop Wasteland,” which is laced with nonstop action, a small-town mechanic returns to crime one last time.
New Work From Two Masters of the Graphic Novel
In new books from Adrian Tomine and Joe Sacco, the range of the graphic novel is on display — from the highly intimate to the world-historical.
Dripping Slow and Sweet, Four New Books About Honey and Bees
In books about the art and science of beekeeping, writers explore all that is sublime about the natural production of honey.
A Novel That Unfolds in a Day, and Other Historical Fiction
In the midst of a tense time, these books will remind you of what humanity has survived.
Shakespeare Lost His Son to Plague. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art.
The playwright’s son died at 11. “Hamnet,” by the novelist Maggie O’Farrell, considers the death’s reverberations on his family, and his work.
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