Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS
Azadeh Moaveni’s “Guest House for Young Widows” tries to understand why middle-class girls and women would join a jihadist movement.
‘The Institute’ Might Be Stephen King’s Scariest Novel Yet
The terror doesn’t come from ghosts or fiends or clowns — it’s ordinary people, folks just like you and me, who are the evil ones.
From the Author of ‘Room,’ Another Bittersweet Family Novel
In Emma Donoghue’s “Akin,” a cranky retired professor unexpectedly becomes the guardian of an 11-year-old great-nephew he’s never met.
Was Michael Bloomberg New York City’s Greatest Mayor?
Eleanor Randolph’s “The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg” offers a careful assessment of Bloomberg’s life and times.
The Persistence of the Oldest Hatred
In “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” Bari Weiss examines the various abuses Jews have suffered simply for being Jews, including a recent flaring on the left.
While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller
Miller’s latest historical novel, “Now We Shall Be Entirely Free,” plunges readers deep into the 18th-century England of the Peninsular War.
The Obsession That Inspired Great Poetry, if Not Great Romance
Martin Walser’s novel “A Man in Love” depicts the elderly Goethe’s infatuation with a young woman, which led him to compose the “Marienbad Elegy.”
New & Noteworthy, From Immigrant Writing to a New ‘Darkness at Noon’
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
When the C.I.A. Was Into Mind Control
Stephen Kinzer’s “Poisoner in Chief” describes the C.I.A. in the Cold War years, when it was testing LSD and other drugs on citizens, often without their knowledge.
A New Collection Upends Conventional Wisdom About Migration
“The Penguin Book of Migration Literature,” edited by Dohra Ahmad, is designed to tell a more sophisticated version of the subject than the linear narrative of departure, arrival and assimilation.
When George Takei Was Imprisoned in an American Internment Camp
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at Takei’s graphic novel, “They Called Us Enemy,” as well as Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “Grass.”
Do Men and Women Have Different Brains?
Gina Rippon’s “Gender and Our Brains” analyzes the history of brain science and the attempt to understand if gender marks our gray matter.
‘This Is a Possibility’: Akwaeke Emezi Writes a Trans Story Where Nobody Gets Hurt
The “Freshwater” novelist forays into Y.A. and attempts to find balance amid multiple book and TV projects.
Stephen King Visits an ‘Institute,’ Where the Kids Who Enter Can’t Escape
In his latest, King tells the story of an institution where children with special powers are cultivated — but that’s just where the nightmare begins.
‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story
The new book, by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, revisits their landmark sexual-assault investigation and exposes the powerful people who protected Weinstein for years.
Habits of Highly Effective Writers
Some always outline; others never do. Some write in cafes; others don’t leave the house. Here’s a peek at the writing routines of authors on this week’s best-seller lists.
Trump, TV and America
James Poniewozik discusses “Audience of One,” and Bina Venkataraman talks about “The Optimist’s Telescope.”
Mike Isaac’s Uber Book Has Arrived
In “Super Pumped,” Mike Isaac describes the incredible rise and fall of Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of the world’s most infamous ride-sharing app.
Who Owns the American West? And Who Should Profit From It?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Which Came First, Trump or TV?
Gary Shteyngart reviews James Poniewozik’s “Audience of One,” which traces the simultaneous histories of two 20th-century creations.
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