From Our Archives: Going Back to the Battle of the Black Sea in ‘Black Hawk Down’
In 1999, the journalist Mark Bowden wrote “Black Hawk Down,” documenting the 1993 United States military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring
Andrew Ridker’s “The Altruists” charts how expectations clash when a widower’s two adult children return to the family home in St. Louis.
The Enthusiast: In Praise of Esmeralda Santiago
The island of Puerto Rico, where my parents came from, is displayed with beauty and poignancy by Santiago.
Nonfiction: How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism
In “The Lions’ Den,” Susie Linfield tours the minds of eight thinkers, including Hannah Arendt and Noam Chomsky, investigating their relationship to the Jewish state.
By the Book: By the Book: Julia Alvarez
The author of novels including “In the Time of the Butterflies,” just reissued for its 25th anniversary, has always been taken with Milton’s Satan: “Sorry, God, but he got the better part.”
Nonfiction: How France Became a Dangerous Place to Be a Jew
Marc Weitzmann’s “Hate” explores the increasing anti-Semitism that has infected French society over the past several years.
Romance: Spring’s Best New Romance Novels: Hockey Players, Werewolves, 19th-Century Farmers and More
Whether you’re looking for a hot paranormal love story, a stunning space opera or a beautifully crafted historical tale, there’s a book for you.
Fiction: In T.C. Boyle’s Trippy New Novel, Characters Turn On, Tune In and Drop Lots of Acid
“Outside Looking In” explores the LSD-fueled escapades of Timothy Leary and his Harvard graduate students.
Fiction: In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows.
“The Alarming Palsy of James Orr,” by Tom Lee, combines a Kafkaesque premise with modern British social satire.
Fiction: A Modern Riff on an Old Testament Climate Catastrophe
In “Naamah,” an inventive first novel by Sarah Blake, Noah’s wife recounts the trials — and surprising pleasures — of life on the ark after the Flood.
Fiction: ‘Women Talking,’ by Miriam Toews, Is a Mennonite #MeToo Novel
In an isolated religious community, some of the men have been raping the women for years. When they are finally arrested, the women must decide what to do next.
Nonfiction: Ruth Reichl Dishes on the Last Days of Gourmet Magazine
“Save Me the Plums” is a delicious memoir of a decade that took her from the glory days of Condé Nast to the morning when the office door was closed for good.
Fiction: Drama and Suspense in the Canadian Wilderness
Peter Heller’s “The River” juxtaposes a tense social situation with a raging wildfire.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: An Urdu Epic Puts India’s Partition Into Historical Perspective
Qurratulain Hyder’s “River of Fire,” “transcreated” into English by the author, gushes across more than 2,000 years of the subcontinent’s cultural life.
Nonfiction: How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration
“Charged,” by Emily Bazelon, argues that prosecutors have far too much power over the outcomes of criminal cases and lays out a path for urgent reform.
The Week in Books
A deep dive into the Chernobyl disaster, a debut British-Palestinian novelist and more.
5 things about your book: Erin Lee Carr on Father-Daughter Joys and Struggles
Carr’s new memoir, “All That You Leave Behind,” documents her relationship with her father, the former Times reporter and columnist David Carr, and her own troubles, including with alcoholism.
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