In Yaa Gyasi’s New Novel, a Young Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family’s Pain
“Transcendent Kingdom,” by the author of “Homegoing,” features a Stanford Ph.D. student struggling to comprehend the addiction that killed her brother.
From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time
A modern-day Scheherazade uses storytelling to survive the fifth grade.
Catching the Buzz: A Young C.E.O. on Her Lemonade Business, Which Was Inspired by Bees
Mikaila Ulmer’s “Bee Fearless” is that rarest of book breeds: the middle grade memoir.
A Python Ate the President’s Neighbor? Only in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida
“Squeeze Me,” Hiaasen’s new novel, is an unabashedly political satire full of his signature high jinks.
7 Takeaways From ‘Melania and Me,’ by the First Lady’s Former Friend
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was part of the Trumps’ inner circle — until she wasn’t. Her memoir is a cautionary tale.
Kurt Andersen on ‘Evil Geniuses’
Andersen talks about his new book, and Lesley M.M. Blume discusses “Fallout.”
Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II
Tributes to family connect these four novels and a memoir, honoring the too-easily-broken bonds that sustain children across the globe.
New in Paperback: ‘The Testaments’ and ‘The Patient’s Checklist’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
War — What Is It Good For? Chemotherapy, Apparently
In “The Great Secret,” Jennet Conant argues that the 1943 bombing of a ship full of mustard gas helped spur research into cancer treatments.
Hitler and the Holocaust
In the second volume of his biography, “Hitler: Downfall, 1939-1945,” Volker Ullrich examines the central role of Hitler in the extermination of the Jews.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage
“The Churchill Complex,” by Ian Buruma, examines the invented kinship of Anglo-American relations since World War II.
Revisiting the ‘Emotional Hodge-Podge’ of ‘Catch-22’
In 1961, writer Richard G. Stern reviewed Joseph Heller’s satirical war novel “Catch-22” for the Book Review, calling it “an emotional hodge-podge.”
How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan
Ian W. Toll’s “Twilight of the Gods,” the third volume of a trilogy, details the American triumph in the Pacific War.
How Much Can 1968 Tell Us About 2020?
Drawing parallels between the riots of the 1960s and the protests of today may only be taking us further from the truth, the historian Rick Perlstein writes.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
15 Books to Watch For in September
New fiction from Elena Ferrante, Yaa Gyasi and Marilynne Robinson, Mariah Carey’s tell-all, several deep dives into Cold War espionage and more.
Don’t Call Him Wimpy! Jeff Kinney Repaired His Own Vehicle on His Book Tour
The veteran author knows his way around the best-seller list — and now he knows his way around the undercarriage of a cargo van.
Power and Passage: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
A story collection offers a cleareyed survey of the Black American experience, and a debut novel traverses hundreds of versions of Earth.
The Best Book Jill Lepore Ever Got as a Present Is One She Hates
“I actually can’t stand that book — the story, I mean. But I love the physical book, the cover, the smell, the welt on the spine, and that it was my mother’s. It still has a yellow hair ribbon of mine in it that I used as a bookmark. I never finished it.”
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