Meet Vashti Harrison, Belle of the Best-Seller Lists
This author and illustrator is a mainstay across multiple categories. She hopes her work broadens the horizons of young readers.
Can Political Satire Outpace Reality? 3 Books Toss Their Hats in the Ring
Christopher Buckley’s “Make Russia Great Again,” Jessica Anthony’s “Enter the Aardvark” and the anthology “The Faking of the President” all have fun with American politics.
Steve Inskeep Is Drawn to Books With Nuanced Female Characters
“Years ago I read everything by Hemingway and Raymond Carver. It’s a different experience to read Elif Shafak and Lauren Groff.”
The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican
David Paul Kuhn’s “The Hardhat Riot” recounts a little-remembered event and traces its significance to the politics of the present day.
The Baby-Sitters Club Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Literary Fiction
The wildly popular series was marketed to girls. But its nuanced depiction of friendship provided a 9-year-old boy with an education that “boy books” did not.
‘Every Work of American Literature Is About Race’: Writers on How We Got Here
Amid the most profound social upheaval since the 1960s, these novelists, historians, poets, comedians and activists take a moment to look back to the literature.
‘Blue Ticket,’ by Sophie Mackintosh: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Blue Ticket,” by Sophie Mackintosh
‘Rigged,’ by David Shimer: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Rigged,” by David Shimer
A Search for U.F.O.s Leads to Utopian Dreams in This Debut Novel
In Brian Castleberry’s “Nine Shiny Objects,” a broad cast of characters seek a different way of life in 20th-century America.
New Audiobooks, From Thomas Cromwell to the World of Darkness
A selection of recent audiobooks of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Novel Asks: What if Women Were Forbidden From Doing It All?
Sophie Mackintosh’s “Blue Ticket” imagines a dystopian world in which a girl’s fate is chosen for her.
How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections
David Shimer’s “Rigged” provides the history and context behind Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election.
Brave Teenage Refugees Seek a Home of the Free
In Jenny Torres Sanchez’ “We Are Not From Here,” three Guatemalan teenagers embark on a harrowing journey through Mexico to the U.S. border.
Preparing to Launch: Three Adolescents Count Down to Adulthood
Erin Entrada Kelly’s “We Dream of Space” follows three siblings, adrift in a dysfunctional family, as they await the shuttle Challenger’s liftoff.
A Short Guide to ‘The World’
Richard Haass talks about his new primer on global affairs, and Abhrajyoti Chakraborty discusses translated novels.
A Life in Football, From Glory to Pain
Katherine Hill’s novel “A Short Move” follows a professional linebacker whose stardom on the field comes at a cost.
Psychological Thrillers That Will Mess With Your Head
In these four deeply unsettling novels, nothing is as it seems.
When James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Reviewed Each Other
Authors aren’t allowed mutual reviews in the Book Review anymore, but in the 1950s there was a moment of kismet.
A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap
“Friends and Strangers,” a new novel by J. Courtney Sullivan, examines the complex dynamic between a young mother and the college student who cares for her new baby.
Ahab’s White Whale and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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