‘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.
This Heroine’s Kind of a Female Millennial Thoreau
In Amanda Goldblatt’s debut novel, “Hard Mouth,” an aimless 20-something escapes family tragedy in the wilderness.
Back-to-School Picture Books to Brighten Any Kid’s First Day
Ready or not, Mo Willems’s Pigeon joins a cavalcade of kids, creatures and teachers heading to the classroom for the first time.
Téa Obreht Reinvents the Western Novel — and Brings Camels
Obreht burst onto the literary scene in 2011 with “The Tiger’s Wife.” Her new novel, “Inland,” features a resolute heroine and an immigrant outlaw.
One by One, Her Neighbors Are Dying. An Elderly Polish Woman Is on the Case.
Olga Tokarczuk’s “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” is a funny and philosophically complex whodunit.
Toni Morrison’s Legacy
Parul Sehgal, Dwight Garner and Wesley Morris talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom discusses her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.”
After Hurricane Katrina, How Do You Return Home When Home No Longer Exists?
Sarah M. Broom’s memoir, “The Yellow House,” erects a textual record of a house destroyed — and of the lives lived within it.
What Were People Reading in the Summer of ’69?
Fifty years ago, novels by Jacqueline Susann, Mario Puzo and Philip Roth topped the best-seller list.
New in Paperback: ‘Give Me Your Hand,’ ‘The Seas’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Looking Back at a Hospital Devastated by Hurricane Katrina
In 2013, Sherwin B. Nuland wrote for the Book Review about Sheri Fink’s “Five Days at Memorial,” which depicted the crisis at a New Orleans hospital devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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