The Ghost Writer: An Author Imagines a Letter From Her Late Grandmother
“Nobody Will Tell You This but Me,” a memoir by Bess Kalb, traces her family history from the Russian pogroms to the American dream.
The Jewish Race-Car Driver Who Outpaced the Nazis
In “Faster,” Neal Bascomb brings to life a vivid chapter in auto-racing history.
Thinking About Empire and Economy, With a Lawyer’s Mind and a Poet’s Words
For almost 40 years, the poet and law professor Lawrence Joseph has embraced big questions. “A Certain Clarity: Selected Poems” shows the path his work has traveled.
How the White Working Class Is Being Destroyed
“Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism,” by Anne Case and Angus Deaton, describes the growing dysfunction of blue-collar workers in white communities.
When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial
In “Broken Glass,” Alex Beam revisits the saga of the Farnsworth House — a tale of modernism, a broken heart and a transparent house with too few closets.
Why We Should Abolish the Electoral College
Jesse Wegman’s “Let the People Pick the President” is a readable account of how the Electoral College distorts our political system.
New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From ‘The Office’ to Eating Well
A selection of recent audiobooks of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Was There a Murder on the Mayflower?
In her new novel, “Beheld,” TaraShea Nesbit uses the death of Dorothy Bradford to look at what life was like for women in the Plymouth Colony.
From the Archives: Michael Lewis and Tana French
Lewis discusses “The Fifth Risk,” and French talks about “The Witch Elm.”
The Beauty Is in the Details
What one artist learned when she sat down to talk with Lynda Barry.
Gothic Horror Fiction, Old and New
In these books, demons infest an elderly tutor, a ghost roams an opera house and a doctor embalms some very strange and horrible things.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Women Talking’ and ‘How to Disappear’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
These Are the Faces of Muslim Women Throughout History
From seventh-century Mecca to present-day Europe, Hossein Kamaly’s “A History of Islam in 21 Women” profiles believers who made a difference.
Considering Steven Levy and Artificial Life
In this week’s issue, Natasha Singer reviews “Facebook: The Inside Story,” by Steven Levy. In 1992, William Poundstone wrote for the Book Review about “Artificial Life,” Levy’s book about the science and nuance of life creation in silico.
Lawrence Wright’s New Pandemic Novel Wasn’t Supposed to Be Prophetic
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author reflects on what it’s like to see his fiction become reality.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Flashback to the ’80s
In “We Ride Upon Sticks,” Quan Barry transports readers to the heyday of leg warmers and hair spray.
An Author and An Editor Teamed Up To Write Books Together
Now they have three best-sellers.
Adam Hochschild Says Books Can Change the World. He Has Proof.
The historian treasures his first-edition copy of “The Jungle,” by Upton Sinclair: “This one gave us our pure food and drug laws.”
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