The Ties That Bind Deutsche Bank and Donald Trump
David Enrich discusses “Dark Towers,” and Kiran Millwood Hargrave talks about “The Mercies.”
Get a Job, Kid
In Cynthia L. Copeland’s graphic memoir “Cub,” an awkward seventh grader finds deliverance as a reporter for her local newspaper.
How Can a Kid Today Hear His Inner Voice?
In Sara Pennypacker’s “Here in the Real World,” an 11-year-old skips out on the horrors of noisy summer “Rec” to build a secret kingdom in an abandoned lot.
A Devastating (and Darkly Hilarious) New Novel From the ‘Westworld’ Writer Charles Yu
“Interior Chinatown” follows the story of an Asian-American actor struggling against clichéd roles and stereotypes, both at work and in his real life.
52 Books for 52 Places
Can’t make it to all the destinations we recommend? Read about them.
Busted
The Danish master is crawling with characters from his fairy tales.
New in Paperback: ‘Spies of No Country’ and ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
In Rural Nigeria, a Heroine Who Wants to Be Defined by More Than Marriage
Abi Daré’s debut novel, “The Girl With the Louding Voice,” traces the horrors and hopes of growing up in a strict patriarchy.
50 States of Love: Readers Respond
Letters to the editor about recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Think You Know George Washington?
Alexis Coe’s biography gives a fresh perspective on a much-mythologized man.
For Lily King, a Great Book Always Starts With the Sentences
“You can’t make a good spaghetti sauce with rotten tomatoes.”
She Took Her First Pill at 8. By 13, She Was an Addict.
Erin Khar’s memoir, “Strung Out,” brings a new lens to the opioid crisis.
Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel
“The Mirror and the Light” concludes Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” trilogy with another Tudor panoply viewed entirely through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell.
Ross Douthat Has a Vision of America. It’s Grim.
In “The Decadent Society” Douthat argues that cultural exhaustion and world-weariness are sapping the strength of the United States.
Can Cities Save America?
In “The Nation City,” Rahm Emanuel argues that we have to shift our focus away from Washington and toward urban centers.
Who Is the Dalai Lama?
An expert explores the life of the man Tibetans call ‘Wish-Fulfilling Jewel.’
Erik Larson Recounts How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink During Its Darkest Hour
Larson’s “The Splendid and the Vile” is a tale of courage, suffering and defiance at the time of the London Blitz.
New & Noteworthy, From Suffrage to Sexism
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
An Oil Boom, a Missing Body and a Native Woman’s Quest to Find It
“Yellow Bird,” by Sierra Crane Murdoch, paints a gripping portrait of life on Fort Berthold Reservation, through the eyes of a local woman determined to solve a murder.
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