Debut Novels About Families Fractured by Abuse, Displacement or Death
From Düsseldorf to Paris, Cape Cod to the Sierra Nevada, these four debut novels reveal the range and the universality of loss.
Emojis Are Language Too: A Linguist Says Internet-Speak Isn’t Such a Bad Thing
In “Because Internet,” Gretchen McCulloch explains the accelerated evolution of the English language.
New in Paperback: ‘Life in the Garden,’ ‘The Mere Wife’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Revisiting ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ and the Balkan Wars
In Téa Obreht’s 2011 debut novel “The Tiger’s Wife,” a young doctor untangles the peculiar circumstances of her grandfather’s recent death.
The Scene of the Crime: A Jury Box?
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features a serial killer who murders his way onto a jury, a wife creeped out by a robotic double and a nasty mental asylum.
Sins of Commission (in Michigan) and Omission (in Spain)
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Catch a Buzz With Two New Books About Bugs
In “The Mosquito,” Timothy Winegard examines the history of man’s “deadliest predator.” In “Buzz, Sting, Bite,” Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson looks at how insects have shaped human civilization.
The Truth About Koch Industries
Christopher Leonard’s “Kochland” is a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at how a family-run business in Kansas grew into an economic and political giant.
‘Read Receipts’ On: Two Dystopian Novels Predict the Surveillance State
Caleb Crain’s “Overthrow” and Yoko Ogawa’s “The Memory Police” tell of not-too-distant futures in which our entire lives are monitored.
‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand
Among other things, the author of “Silver, Sword & Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story” is reading a novel based on a juicy scandal in her own family.
Can the American West Be Saved?
Two new books — Anthony McCann’s “Shadowlands” and Christopher Ketcham’s “This Land” — explore the forces shrinking the open expanse and destroying unbridled nature out West.
Tales on Two Wheels: Cycling in Fact and Fiction
From mountain slopes to city streets, four new books celebrate the pleasures and perils of pedaling your way through life.
A Lifetime at a Church, Filled With Faith and Drama
Cara Wall’s novel, “The Dearly Beloved,” is the story of two ministers and their wives, as their lives intertwine over the decades, in love and religious devotion.
Coming of Age Amid a Limbo of Prejudice and Restriction
A Chinese-American teenager in Gilded Age Atlanta takes on a secret identity as an advice columnist in Stacey Lee’s “The Downstairs Girl.”
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Summer’s notable horror fiction includes a story collection and a novel from Paul Tremblay.
New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Ernest Hemingway to the Baby-Sitters Club
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
From the Country’s New Poet Laureate, Poems Reclaiming Tribal Culture
In “An American Sunrise,” Joy Harjo draws on her Muscogee Creek heritage to celebrate indigenous traditions and to mourn their passing.
A Coming-of-Age as American as Apple Pie
Tupelo Hassman’s novel “Gods With a Little G” pits a young girl’s self-discovery against her evangelical Christian surroundings.
Fighting Harassers and Stalkers on the Web, in Court and in Print
“Nobody’s Victim,” by the lawyer Carrie Goldberg, and “Consent,” by Donna Freitas, recount the authors’ personal experiences with sexual harassment and its lasting trauma.
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