Conversations With a Mass Murderer
Jessica Stern’s “My War Criminal” recounts the time she spent with Radovan Karadzic, the Serbian leader implicated in atrocities committed in the 1990s.
How Did Josef Mengele Become the Evil Doctor of Auschwitz?
In a new biography, David G. Marwell tells the whole story of the notorious Nazi, down to the discovery of his bones.
The Stories in This Chicago Housing Project Could Fill a Book
And in Jasmon Drain’s debut collection, “Stateway’s Garden,” they do.
Andrea Bernstein on ‘American Oligarchs’
Bernstein discusses her new book about the Trumps and Kushners, and David Zucchino talks about “Wilmington’s Lie.”
The Meaning of a Book is in the Eye of Its Beholder
And there are so many kinds of beholders!
Considering Zora Neale Hurston and the Legacy of Fiction
This week, Jabari Asim reviews a collection of short stories by Zora Neale Hurston. In 1978, Henry Louis Gates Jr. wrote for the Book Review about Robert Hemenway’s “Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography.”
Contemporary Brazil, Captured in Two Novels and a Journalist’s Collection
Heartbreak, exile, lethal violence and the gold rush in the Amazon are some of the themes explored in three newly translated works.
Four High-Octane New Thrillers
The bodies pile up at the hands of hit men, henchmen, doctors, arms dealers and White House interns.
‘Dear Me’: A Novelist Writes to Her Future Self
Inspired by a character in a classic children’s book, Ann Napolitano began writing herself letters to be read only 10 years later.
New in Paperback: ‘Prisoner’ and ‘All My Puny Sorrows’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Ouch, Oh and Oh No!
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Before Michael B. Jordan Played Him in ‘Just Mercy,’ Bryan Stevenson Was a Kid Who Loved to Read
The best-selling author and public interest lawyer comes from a family in which words mattered. A lot.
Charles Yu Loves Reading With His Children. Don’t Tell Them.
“I try not to smile too hard — if they ever realized how happy it makes me, they might start feeling like they’re being duped.”
In South India, a Fragmented Family Turns Into an Overflowing One
Tishani Doshi’s novel “Small Days and Nights” sends an unhappy expat home to Tamil Nadu to start a new life with a sister she never knew she had.
‘Processed Cheese,’ by Stephen Wright: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Processed Cheese,” by Stephen Wright
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Anne Brontë to Federico Fellini
A selection of recent visual books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Bag of Cash Falls From the Sky. Trouble Is Close Behind.
Stephen Wright’s satirical novel “Processed Cheese” takes on the excesses of the superrich.
Teenage Heroes in a Mythical Land Fight Monsters, and Stereotypes
“The Good Hawk,” a thrilling adventure fantasy debut by Joseph Elliott, has a heroine with intellectual disabilities. It’s about time.
A Compassionate Children’s Book From the NPR Host Scott Simon
In “Sunnyside Plaza,” Simon’s funny, observant protagonist solves a mystery. She also has developmental disabilities.
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