What Happens When an African-American Girl From Oregon Discovers Harlem?
In Renée Watson’s “Some Places More Than Others,” the historic black neighborhood is home to family secrets, cultural riches — and culture shock.
‘Not Bad for a Woman’: The Indignities of Life for Yale’s First Female Students
The college admitted its first class of women 50 years ago. “Yale Needs Women,” by the historian Anne Gardiner Perkins, uncovers the formidable challenges those students faced.
Revisiting Edwidge Danticat and Immigration
Danticat’s 2007 memoir, “Brother, I’m Dying,” traces her family’s journey from Haiti to the United States.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘One Person, No Vote’ and ‘Where the Dead Sit Talking’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Gone Missing: A Little Boy, a Favorite Uncle, an Old Lady’s Mind
The crime novels in Marilyn Stasio’s column take readers from East Texas to West Africa, with stops in Ireland and the memory care unit of a nursing home.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
When a Private British Corporation Ruled India
William Dalrymple’s “The Anarchy” describes the transformation of a corporation with a security force into a mighty army with a trading division.
Why Imani Perry Doesn’t Like Jane Austen’s Novels
The scholar and author, whose new book is “Breathe: A Letter to My Sons,” is “not engaged by books which I think of as ‘parlor people’ literature.”
Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least?
Higher education was meant to be a great equalizer. Paul Tough’s “The Years That Matter Most” suggests that colleges and universities are exacerbating inequality, not reducing it.
When an Ancient Slander Against Jews Came to America
Edward Berenson’s “The Accusation” recounts how rumors that Jews were killing children for their blood spread in a small New York town.
The Forces That Are Killing the American Dream
Nicholas Lemann’s “Transaction Man” traces the national deterioration from a more equitable country to a more unjust one.
The Secret to Success Academy’s Top-Notch Test Scores
Robert Pondiscio spent a year embedded in one of the charter network’s controversial, high-performing schools. “How the Other Half Learns” is his account of what he learned.
What Samantha Power Learned on the Job
“The Education of an Idealist,” by Samantha Power, describes how her years with the Obama administration forced her to alter her thinking on foreign policy.
Dr. Livingstone, We Presume?
Petina Gappah’s novel “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” is narrated by the Africans who carried the explorer’s corpse to the coast, a journey of 1,500 miles.
Is Meritocracy to Blame for Our Yawning Class Divide?
“The Meritocracy Trap,” by the Yale Law School professor Daniel Markovits, argues that far from being fair or merit-based, our social system perpetuates inequality.
Malcolm Gladwell’s Advice When ‘Talking to Strangers’: Be Careful
His latest book looks at society’s long history of getting it wrong when it comes to judging people.
Is Global Warming the 21st Century’s Black Death?
In his novel “Gun Island,” Amitav Ghosh challenges readers to deploy all their powers, rational and magical, to confront the demons of climate change.
Contemporary American Angst, in a Single, Thousand-Word Sentence
Lucy Ellmann’s “Ducks, Newburyport” is the only American novel longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.
The Great Art Stolen by Hitler
Mary M. Lane’s “Hitler’s Last Hostages” reports on an art collection, including work by Picasso, Matisse and Degas, that the Nazis had seized from their victims.
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