She Escaped From Nxivm. Now She’s Written a Book About the Sex Cult.
In “Scarred,” Sarah Edmondson — once a high-ranking Nxivm member — describes her years in the group.
Climbing Out of the Abyss of Worry
With anxiety disorders on the rise among children, “Guts,” Raina Telgemaier’s warm, funny and realistic new graphic memoir, hits home.
Confronting Grief, Mental Illness and Marginalization, in Verse
Four poetry collections — “Be Recorder,” by Carmen Giménez Smith; “Odes to Lithium,” by Shira Erlichman; “Grief Sequence,” by Prageeta Sharma; and “Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers,” by Jake Skeets — explore narratives of belonging and identity.
How a Dying Man Wrote a Timeless Novel
The Canadian poet Steven Price has written a novel, “Lampedusa,” about the creation of one of Italy’s iconic works of fiction, “The Leopard.”
Is the Green New Deal Realistic? Two Sympathetic Authors Weigh In
In new books, Naomi Klein and Jeremy Rifkin take very different approaches to A.O.C.’s progressive climate proposal.
Rachel Cusk Said She Was Done With Autobiography. These Essays Suggest Otherwise.
In “Coventry,” the British author of the widely admired “Outline” trilogy shows how central the self is to her artistic vision.
Love Among the Ruins
In Stella Tillyard’s novel “Call Upon the Water,” a 17th-century Dutch engineer sets out to drain the English fenlands, but finds his spirit drained instead.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Disney to Drag
A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A Bluesy, Sweetly Aching New Novel From Jacqueline Woodson
In “Red at the Bone,” the effects of an unplanned teenage pregnancy ripple through three generations of a Brooklyn family.
‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Takes a Hard Look at the Supreme Court Justice and His Accusers
A new account by the New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly reinvestigates the allegations of sexual misconduct against the justice.
Anne Rivers Siddons, Novelist Whose Muse Was the New South, Dies at 83
She found inspiration in her Georgia upbringing and in Atlanta’s evolution into a major postwar city.
Yes, They Found It in a Box
Twenty-one years ago, Dr. Seuss’ widow discovered some unpublished manuscripts, including one that has become “Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum,” illustrated by Andrew Joyner.
Bringing Down Harvey Weinstein
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey talk about their new book, “She Said,” and Ian Urbina discusses “The Outlaw Ocean.”
She’s So Unusual. Is She Magical?
In Laurel Snyder’s “My Jasper June,” the truth is complicated, but the lifesaving power of friendship never flickers.
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.
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