De Blasio Doesn’t Get It. Not Everyone Who Carries a Gun Is a Shooter.
A model Brooklyn program to keep young people out of jail runs afoul of the mayor and the police.
Behind the Scenes in the Food Biz: Four Culinary Memoirs
It’s hardly glamorous but still enticing, as reported by a young black chef, an obsessive blogger, a prickly female restaurateur and the man who made Noma famous.
New in Paperback: ‘Lake Success,’ ‘Bring the War Home’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
A Novel About Women’s Solidarity That Nods at ‘Magic Marker Terrorists’
In “Whisper Network,” Chandler Baker explores the ways women protect other women in the workplace.
Beware the Writer as Houseguest
Literary history is filled with authors who depended on lengthy visits for room and board, psychological solace and material. But they have not always proved the most gracious guests.
What Counts as a Democracy? And Other Questions. …
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
What Does the Author of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Think You Should Read?
Delia Owens returns to “Beloved” every now and then: “One sentence from Toni Morrison can inspire a lifetime of writing.”
A Reckoning With the Wars He Has Known
In his memoir, “Places and Names,” the Marine veteran Elliot Ackerman travels to Syria and sees a refracted image of the forever wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Text on the Beach
Beach books are the cool aunts of the literary world: They drive with the top down and take you to new places. They’re memorable, challenging, warm and wise.
If You Could Stop Time, Would You? A Novel Puts a Dark Spin on the Question
During a worldwide economic collapse, the heroes of Andri Snaer Magnason’s “The Casket of Time” seal themselves in time-proof boxes. So does everyone else.
How the Department of Defense Bankrolled Silicon Valley
“The Code,” by Margaret O’Mara, is an ambitious history of the cozy relationship between California’s tech start-ups and the federal government.
What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire?
To write her book, Lisa Taddeo spent thousands of hours over eight years getting to know her subjects in an effort to understand their erotic yearnings and obsessions.
‘Dapper Dan’ Gets Back to Harlem’s Roots
The renowned fashion designer Daniel R. Day recounts a life spent on the streets — and in the ateliers — of Upper Manhattan.
Corkscrew Twists and Turns Propel a Dark, Dark Legal Thriller
In Martin Clark’s “The Substitution Order,” the criminal justice system is irretrievably broken, exploited by con men, crooks and corrupt officials.
I Love My Brother, but He’s a White Supremacist
Alexi Zentner’s new novel, “Copperhead,” attempts to explain but not excuse institutionalized racism.
The Story of the Boko Haram Schoolgirls, by a Reporter Who Takes It Personally
“Beneath the Tamarind Tree,” by Isha Sesay, weaves an account of the Nigerian girls’ kidnapping with the story of her own mother, another African girl determined to get an education.
Can Food Help Women Resist the Patriarchy? This Novel Says Yes
Lara Williams’s debut novel, “Supper Club,” gathers insatiable women for bacchanalian gatherings.
Love and Fate: Are They Prisons We Can Never Escape?
In Ludmila Ulitskaya’s sprawling novel “Jacob’s Ladder,” the trials of a family’s women mirror those of generations of Russians.
Three Collections of Stories in Translation
“Rain” (by Mia Couto), “The Sun on My Head” (by Geovani Martins) and “Arid Dreams” (by Duanwad Pimwana) depict landscapes of misfortune around the world.
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