‘Seventh Grade! Now in WonkyVision!’
In Rob Harrell’s “Wink,” middle school social drama and an eyesight-threatening cancer are a lot for one kid to handle. Humor helps.
A.O. Scott on the Work of Wallace Stegner
Scott discusses his first in a series of essays about American writers, and David Kamp talks about “Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America.”
Beautiful Places to Die
In these new crime novels, the settings — mountain hamlets, Antarctic ice fields, French sheep farms — may look bucolic. They are not.
Hell House
In Dennis Mahoney’s “Ghostlove,” a young man becomes involved with the dead woman haunting his brownstone.
Three New Memoirs Bring the Farm to the Page
From Depression-era Wisconsin to 21st-century Wales, the pastures that have shaped the people who tended them.
New in Paperback: ‘Mistress of the Ritz’ and ‘No Visible Bruises’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Revisiting the Arab Spring, in Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Considering Whether Writers Are Born or Made
In this week’s issue, A.O. Scott writes about Wallace Stegner. In 1948, Stegner wrote for the Book Review about universities as a place for training writers.
Stacey Abrams Has a Message for You: Get Involved
She isn’t Georgia’s governor — she will tell you herself — but in “Our Time Is Now” she still has a blueprint for effective leadership.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Why Michael Eric Dyson Would Demote ‘Heart of Darkness’ From the Canon
“It’s done so much damage in fashioning savage notions of Africa.”
Hilarie Burton Morgan Asked Fans to Shop Local. They Listened.
Oblong Books is closed to the public, but star power helps keep the lights on in the Hudson Valley’s literary hub.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: America’s No. 1 Literary Celebrity
In his new biography, “Cross of Snow,” Nicholas A. Basbanes makes a case for the man and the poet.
With These Literary Puzzlers, the Game’s Afoot (and in Hand)
Need something to occupy your mind and your time? Consider two book-themed diversions that grab your attention using post or pixel.
Birds Do It. People, Too. Is Migration Simply Natural for All Species?
In her latest book, “The Next Great Migration,” the science journalist Sonia Shah traces the global movements of humans today to age-old patterns in other species.
‘The Next Great Migration,’ by Sonia Shah: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Next Great Migration,” by Sonia Shah
‘The Deviant’s War,’ by Eric Cervini: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Deviant’s War,” by Eric Cervini
When the Price of Freedom Is Detention, Frostbite and Amputation
“Between Everything and Nothing,” by Joe Meno, recounts the harrowing quest by two Ghanaian men to gain asylum in North America.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Computers to Mushrooms
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The Brilliant Astronomer Who Devised New Tactics to Fight Anti-Gay Bias
In 1957, Franklin Kameny was fired from a government job for being gay. His bold fight against bias, Eric Cervini shows in “The Deviant’s War,” inspired a movement.
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