Drawing 101
An expert shares the tricks of her trade.
The Man Who Rebuilt New Haven, Boston and Beyond
Lizabeth Cohen’s “Saving America’s Cities” recounts the career of the grandly ambitious urban planner Edward J. Logue.
New in Paperback: ‘These Truths’ and ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Jonathan Van Ness’s ‘Gorgeous’ Memoir is a Best Seller
In the fourth book by a “Queer Eye” star this year, the show’s grooming expert comes out as H.I.V. positive.
Can American Jews Be Both Liberal and Pro-Israel?
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Trolls Are Everywhere. Now What Are We Supposed to Do?
In “Antisocial,” Andrew Marantz traces the disheartening evolution of social media from the land of the free to the home of the depraved.
Why John Green Likes Writing for Teenagers
The Y.A. author, whose novel “Looking for Alaska” has just been adapted for a Hulu series, says “young people are thinking about so many important questions, about love and meaning and justice.”
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.
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