Fiction: Two Novels for and About Lost Millennial Women
The directionless heroines of Jen Beagin’s “Vacuum in the Dark” and Halle Butler’s “The New Me” follow in the footsteps of Ottessa Moshfegh and Catherine Lacey.
By the Book: By the Book: Gary Snyder
The poet, essayist and environmentalist cites Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” as an inspiration: “Ovid in a sense tried to write the entire Roman story. I take it as a challenge to look for the storyteller of the planet.”
Nonfiction: A 500-Year-Old Tale of Intrigue, Greed and Betrayal
In “The Lost Gutenberg,” Margaret Davis traces the colorful history of a rare Bible through its owners.
Nonfiction: An Earlier Age When the United States Kept Immigrants Out
Michael Dobbs’s “The Unwanted” describes the plight of European Jews trying to escape extermination by the Nazis.
Nonfiction: A Passion for Punctuation Meets a Love for All Things Greek
Mary Norris’s “Greek to Me” is an exuberant account of a decades-long obsession with a culture and its language.
Poetry: In ‘Swift,’ David Baker’s Poetry Stitches the Fractured World Into Art
For almost 40 years, in the extreme suburbs and the diminishing countryside, Baker has worked to see and describe things as though for the first time.
Nonfiction: Turkey’s Killing Fields
In “The Thirty-Year Genocide,” the Israeli historians Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi detail the slaughter of Turkey’s Christian minorities.
Nonfiction: Anna Quindlen’s No. 1 Rule for Grandparents: Butt Out
In her new essay collection, “Nanaville,” the novelist and former Times columnist writes about what she’s learned since becoming a grandmother.
New & Noteworthy, From Walt Whitman and More
A selection of recent poetry books (plus Whitman’s ruminations); and a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’
The new book by the historian Kristin L. Hoganson explodes conventional ideas about the Midwest as America’s “insulated core” — the wellspring of its values and identity.
Nonfiction: Cash, Jewels and Gold: The Tale of Britain’s Biggest Heist
In “The Last Job,” Dan Bilefsky explores a famous London robbery that was masterminded by a 76-year-old pensioner.
Nonfiction: Two Early Presidents Who Questioned the Wisdom of ‘the People’
In “The Problem of Democracy,” Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein show that John and John Quincy Adams were skeptical of popular democracy.
Nonfiction: Pico Iyer Reflects on a Quarter-Century of Life in Japan
In “Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells,” the noted journalist finds wisdom in the rituals and routines he shares with his Japanese wife.
Nonfiction: That Man From Stratford
“What Blest Genius?,” by Andrew McConnell Stott, and “Shakespeare’s Library,” by Stuart Kells, explore different facets of the history and mysteries of the playwright’s reputation.
Nonfiction: A Former Marine Looks Back on Her Life in a Male-Dominated Military
Anuradha Bhagwati’s forceful memoir, “Unbecoming,” tackles sexual harassment, discrimination and the possibilities for redress for American servicewomen.
Nonfiction: ‘When Brooklyn Was Queer’ Evokes the Borough’s Hidden History
Hugh Ryan’s new account delves into colorful characters who frequented the area around the Brooklyn Navy Yard — a flourishing center of 19th-century queer life.
Nonfiction: A Young Poet, a Mysterious Stranger and an El Salvador on the Brink of War
Carolyn Forché’s “What You Have Heard Is True” recalls her 1970s journey in the company of a revolutionary who wants her to bear witness to his country’s terror and bloodshed.
Nonfiction: Why Did We Fight the Iraq War?
Michael J. Mazarr’s “Leap of Faith” argues that the tragedy was the result of a missionary impulse and wishful thinking.
The Book Review Podcast: Robert Caro on How He Does It
The acclaimed biographer of Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses talks about his new book, “Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.”
Fiction: A Suspicious Death Exposes Painful Fissures in a Mojave Desert Town
In “The Other Americans,” a powerful new novel by Laila Lalami, a diverse group of citizens are forced to question their beliefs and allegiances after a Moroccan immigrant is killed.
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