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.
If You Use Tea Bags, You’ll Be in Hot Water With This Connoisseur
“Infused: Adventures in Tea” follows Henrietta Lovell around the globe in search of quality leaves and people who know that good tea is as fine as good wine.
Not Quite French, Not Quite Syrian: ‘Aliens Without Knowing Why’
Mahir Guven’s novel, “Older Brother,” traces the colliding fates of two young men, the sons of an immigrant taxi driver in Paris.
Zadie Smith Experiments With Short Fiction
In her first story collection, “Grand Union,” the British novelist moves beyond traditional narrative into the surreal, the essayistic, the pointillist.
The Pioneering British Socialist Who Revolutionized Victorian Children’s Literature
“The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit,” a new biography by Eleanor Fitzsimons, is an admiring portrait of the author of “The Railway Children” and dozens of other books.
A Critic Considers the ‘Ecstasy and Terror’ of Today With the Help of a Few Ancients
Daniel Mendelsohn’s essays examine subjects across the millenniums, from Sappho and Euripides to “Game of Thrones.”
The Power and Hurt of Growing Up Young, Black and Gay
In “How We Fight for Our Lives,” the poet Saeed Jones recalls a coming-of-age marked by sexual violence and bigotry as well as tenderness.
Donald Trump and Immigration
“Border Wars,” by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear, details the administration’s draconian immigration policies.
Taking Dickens to the Dark Side
Jon Clinch’s new novel, “Marley,” is a noirish prequel to “A Christmas Carol,” revealing just how Scrooge became, well, Scrooge.
At 5, She Protested Homosexuality. Now She Protests the Church That Made Her Do It.
In Megan Phelps-Roper’s “Unfollow,” a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church relives her extremist childhood.
New & Noteworthy, From Flannery O’Connor to Cigarettes
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Two Candidates, Two Investigations, One Deeply Flawed Agency
With “Deep State,” James B. Stewart adds his voice to the conversation about the 2016 election. His scapegoat: the F.B.I.
Want to Learn More About Breast Cancer? Read This Book
A 35-year-old journalist responded to her diagnosis with questions — lots of them. In “Radical,” she delivers the facts and the story of her treatment.
20 Years After ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Stephen Chbosky Has a New Novel
“Imaginary Friend,” a mash-up of horror, fairy tales and the Bible, takes us inside the mind of a very good 7-year-old boy surrounded by darkness.
The Deadly 1918 Flu Epidemic Gets a Fresh Treatment
Don Brown’s graphic nonfiction book “Fever Year” skillfully brings young readers directly into the (gruesome) action.
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