Nuclear Nightmares
Fred Kaplan’s “The Bomb” explains how the United States plans to fight a nuclear war.
Is There Any Way to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Rashid Khalidi’s “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” argues that the Palestinian point of view has been ignored by American policymakers.
Why America’s Political Divisions Will Only Get Worse
Ezra Klein’s “Why We’re Polarized” seeks to explain what has changed in our electoral politics and why our differences are so hard to overcome.
Eliminating Child Poverty With a Government Check
In “Invisible Americans,” the veteran journalist Jeff Madrick lays out a simple solution to child poverty, a condition that affects 17.5 percent of this country’s kids.
Buying a Mattress in an Actual Store? That’s So 2010.
In “Billion Dollar Brand Club,” Lawrence Ingrassia traces the rise of the direct-to-consumer revolution.
She Had a Preemie — and Then She Started to Ask Important Questions
Sarah DiGregorio’s new book combines memoir and reporting to explore changing treatments for babies born early.
A Different Kind of Heroine, and Not Just Because She Wants to Be a Viking
In Andrew David MacDonald’s debut novel, “When We Were Vikings,” a young woman on the fetal alcohol syndrome spectrum is obsessed with Norse culture.
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.
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