One Environmentalist’s Warning: Think Globally, Act Accordingly
In “Erosion,” Terry Tempest Williams delivers a clarion call for decency, humanity and preservation.
How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race
“Self-Portrait in Black and White,” by Thomas Chatterton Williams, is the author’s searching account about what it means to embrace a racial identity — and then to cast it off.
Great Draft, Dad. I Have Some Notes.
Should an author’s family have a say in what the author chooses to write about them?
Are Cheap Clothes Ruining the Planet?
Dana Thomas discusses “Fashionopolis,” and Steven Greenhouse talks about “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”
Mastering Middle School Friendship Drama
In new graphic novels (one by Kristen Gudsnuk, the other by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham), the key to middle school relationships is being true to yourself. If that fails, try magic.
It’s Party Time: Picture Books About Dancing, Drumming and Mischief-Making
In new books from Elisha Cooper, Oge Mora, Joo Hee Yoon and more, kids, adults and creatures blow off steam and let it all hang out.
Drawing 101
An expert shares the tricks of her trade.
The Man Who Rebuilt New Haven, Boston and Beyond
Lizabeth Cohen’s “Saving America’s Cities” recounts the career of the grandly ambitious urban planner Edward J. Logue.
New in Paperback: ‘These Truths’ and ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Jonathan Van Ness’s ‘Gorgeous’ Memoir is a Best Seller
In the fourth book by a “Queer Eye” star this year, the show’s grooming expert comes out as H.I.V. positive.
Can American Jews Be Both Liberal and Pro-Israel?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Trolls Are Everywhere. Now What Are We Supposed to Do?
In “Antisocial,” Andrew Marantz traces the disheartening evolution of social media from the land of the free to the home of the depraved.
Why John Green Likes Writing for Teenagers
The Y.A. author, whose novel “Looking for Alaska” has just been adapted for a Hulu series, says “young people are thinking about so many important questions, about love and meaning and justice.”
Susan Rice Recounts Making Policy at the Highest Levels
Rice’s memoir, “Tough Love,” relates the many battles she fought inside the Clinton and Obama administrations.
In a Suspenseful New Novel From Ruta Sepetys, Franco-Era Spain Is as Repressive as Gilead
A teenage chambermaid living under the rule of Francisco Franco fights for justice, and finds love, in “The Fountains of Silence.”
Escaping the Nazis by Way of Iran
Mikhal Dekel’s “Tehran Children” tells the story of the extraordinarily hazardous journey made by hundreds of Jews from Poland to Iran to Palestine.
Liz Phair Still Doesn’t Care What We Think
In her bracing new memoir, “Horror Stories,” the rock star focuses on small, intense, un-rock-star moments.
Leigh Bardugo Brews a Witchy Tale of Ghosts, Dark Magic and Murder
“Ninth House,” her first adult novel, is set at Yale, where something has gone wrong — very wrong — with the university’s secret societies.
In Jason Reynolds’s Powerful New Book, Stories Stitch Together a Neighborhood
The kids in “Look Both Ways,” a National Book Award finalist, share hustles, jokes, video games, board tricks, secret messages and private dreams.
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