There Was No Second Shooter on the Grassy Knoll
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
In ‘A Warning,’ Anonymous Author Makes Case Against Re-election
The same writer who penned an Opinion essay in 2018 argues in a new book that the president’s contract shouldn’t be renewed.
Can an Advice Columnist Help This Middle Schooler?
The protagonist of Julie Murphy’s endearing “Dear Sweet Pea” is used to dispensing the advice. Now her life is a mess, and she needs guidance fast.
These Books Deliver Fables to Live By Today
In deeply satisfying picture books by Oliver Jeffers, Bernard Villiot and Antoine Guilloppé, and more, the greedy and the vain get their comeuppance.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
She’s Seeking Power, But She’s Not Power-Seeking
A young protagonist is up against strange creatures and authoritarian rulers in Erin Entrada Kelly’s “Lalani of the Distant Sea,” a fantasy based on Filipino folklore.
Secrets and Lies
“Spies,” by Marc Favreau, introduces the danger, sacrifice and ingenuity of 20th-century espionage to a new generation of readers.
A New Book From the Creator of ‘Wonder’ Tells a Holocaust Story
In R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel “White Bird,” a grandmother finally shares her harrowing tale of survival under the Nazis.
Whitney Houston’s Longtime Confidante Breaks Her Silence
In “A Song for You,” Robyn Crawford publicly acknowledges her turbulent, and at times romantic, relationship with the pop icon.
American Artists, Inspiring and Enchanting
New picture books about creators including Ruth Asawa, Maya Angelou and August Wilson let children get to know the real-life people behind great works.
Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers
In Celia C. Pérez’s “Strange Birds,” four girls are determined to stop a scout tradition involving real birds.
Fiction That Takes You Back in Time
These four fall novels are set long ago, from 17th-century Iceland to the Civil War to an 18th-century penal colony.
Why Seth Meyers Loves Having Authors on His Show
“They are, by nature, storytellers. … Writing is magic, so to have people who can do the tricks talk it about makes for good conversation.”
Cult of the Literary Sad Woman
From Jean Rhys to Joan Didion, fiction is awash in female suffering. Leslie Jamison considers affliction’s allure — and its more promising alternatives.
It’s the Year 2172: Time to Fight the Bloody Biafran War Again
Two sisters enter combat in Tochi Onyebuchi’s “War Girls,” a futuristic replay of the Nigerian conflict. Cue the flying robot warriors.
Picture Books for the Wild at Heart
A shack in the forest. A good, long hike. A solstice celebration. Carson Ellis, Eliza Wheeler, Gary D. Schmidt and more remind us how to be at home in the wilderness.
New Israeli Fiction: A Reluctant Bride, a Brave Survivor and Fables for a Modern World
Originally written in Hebrew, these translations offer a look at humanity writ large.
What if You Could Go Back in Time to Stop Terrorists Before They Strike?
Johannes Anyuru’s new novel imagines a time traveler who alters the course of history.
What’s So Funny, Kid?
Some emotional predicaments we never grow out of. Hilarious new books by Bob Shea, Liz Climo and more mine them for cross-generational humor.
Kids Love Multi-Volume Series About Big Families. No Wonder.
The latest of Karina Yan Glaser’s Vanderbeekers books, featuring a large, biracial clan in Harlem, offers a case study in the pleasures of the familiar.
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