New in Paperback: ‘How We Fight for Our Lives’ and ‘Exhalation’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Behind the Legend of Butch Cassidy
Charles Leerhsen’s biography gives readers the real man and not the Hollywood icon.
Keep Your Friends Close, and Keep Holding Them Closer
In their new book, “Big Friendship,” Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman make the case that platonic relationships deserve as much effort and tending as romantic ones.
How Does Anything Go Viral?
In “The Rules of Contagion” the scientist Adam Kucharski turns to the nonbiological to understand the common features of a virus, whether physical or virtual.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Very Sweet Way Sarah Broom’s Mother Showed Her Love With Books
“My mother used to buy me any and every book with the word ‘Sarah’ in the title.”
A Day-by-Day Re-creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons
Chris Wallace’s “Countdown 1945” recounts in gripping detail the rush to develop the atomic bomb and the debate over whether to use it.
Elin Hilderbrand Will See You Now, From a Safe Distance
Coronavirus can’t keep this prolific author from her fans.
A Zombie Novel for Our Virus-Stricken Times
Paul Tremblay’s “Survivor Song” follows a pregnant woman navigating an anarchic Massachusetts in the midst of an epidemic.
7 Takeaways From Mary Trump’s Book About Her Uncle Donald
Growing up Trump wasn’t easy. There were feuds, grudges and spanking with a wooden spoon. Now, there’s the burden of the name.
In Charlie Kaufman’s Novel, a Comic Hero Is Haunted by a Lost Film
“Antkind,” Kaufman’s hallucinogenic debut novel, features the madcap effort to reconstruct a masterpiece of outsider cinema.
New & Noteworthy, From Craigslist Confessions to Toxic Outrage
A selection of recent books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
‘Notes on a Silencing,’ by Lacy Crawford: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Notes on a Silencing,” by Lacy Crawford
‘Burning Down the House,’ by Julian E. Zelizer: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Burning Down the House,” by Julian E. Zelizer
‘Want,’ by Lynn Steger Strong: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Want,” by Lynn Steger Strong
“The Beauty in Breaking,” by Michele Harper: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Beauty in Breaking,” by Michele Harper
A Survivor of Sexual Assault Speaks Out
Lacy Crawford told her story when she was a student at St. Paul’s School. Few people listened. Now she’s telling it again.
Cavorting in Hot Springs, Ark., During Its Sin-Soaked Heyday
“The Vapors,” by David Hill, brings the mobsters, gamblers, drinkers and crooked politicians to life in an exuberant history of a now-forgotten capital of sleaze.
A Lakeside Family Vacation Goes Awry in This Debut Novel
David James Poissant’s “Lake Life” tests the limits of a family’s capacity for love and forgiveness.
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