New in Paperback: ‘What Are We Doing Here?,’ ‘The House of Broken Angels’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: In the Hands of Janet Malcolm, Journalism Becomes Art
“Nobody’s Looking at You” collects profiles, reportage and literary criticism produced between 1996 and 2018 by the famed New Yorker staff writer.
Inside the List: The Newest Trend in Children’s Lit: ‘Empathy Books’
Peter H. Reynolds’s ‘Say Something!’ helps teach kids about compassion and justice.
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.
Nonfiction: Chills, Thrills and Spills: How Alex Honnold Conquered El Capitan
Mark Synnott’s “The Impossible Climb” is a memoir, an exploration of rock-climbing culture and a white-knuckle account of his buddy Honnold’s Yosemite feat.
Nonfiction: Exonerated for a Murder They Didn’t Commit
In “Good Kids, Bad City,” Kyle Swenson tells the story of three men who suffered a terrible injustice and a city, Cleveland, complicit in the wrong.
By the Book: By the Book: Donna Leon
The crime writer, whose latest Guido Brunetti mystery is “Unto Us a Son Is Given,” says Charles Dickens “will teach any writer how to plot and can turn a sentence into an incantation.”
Fiction: ‘Cherokee Nation’ Blends Family Saga, History and Melodrama
Margaret Verble — a voting member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma — explores her heritage in a sprawling and deeply satisfying new novel.
Essay: The ‘Moral Clarity’ of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50
The novelist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers makes the case for the enduring influence of Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel about the lasting trauma of war.
Fiction: Valeria Luiselli Traces the Youngest Casualties of the Border Crisis
Her latest novel, “Lost Children Archive,” follows a New York family on a cross-country journey to strengthen the bonds of family.
Fiction: Helen Oyeyemi Dishes Up Magic in Her New Novel, ‘Gingerbread’
She’s taken old fairy tales, seasoned them with 20th-century history and pop-culture references, and frosted them with whimsical, even bizarre details.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Anglos, Hispanics and the Formation of America
Carrie Gibson’s “El Norte” tells the story of a painful and often forgotten past.
Nonfiction: Guns, Drugs and Money: Taking Down the Drug Kingpin Paul Le Roux
In “The Mastermind,” Evan Ratliff shows how a teenage tech nerd transformed himself into a cartel boss, overseeing operations from North Korea to Somalia to Brazil.
Nonfiction: Climate Change and Human History
Philipp Blom’s “Nature’s Mutiny” looks at the impact of the 17th century’s “little ice age” on civilization.
Nonfiction: Donald Trump, Tragic Hero
In “The Case for Trump,” the classicist Victor Davis Hanson sees echoes of a Greek tragedy.
Fiction: Rising Seas, Migrants, War: A Timely Novel From John Lanchester
In “The Wall,” Britain — spared during a catastrophic global environmental disaster — barricades itself inside a massive concrete barrier.
Fiction: A Rock Band Novel — and a Snapshot of the Bell-Bottomed 1970s
Presented as an oral history, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Daisy Jones & The Six” charts the ascent of a hard-partying, iconic band.
Nonfiction: Growing Up With Murder All Around
Alex Kotlowitz’s “An American Summer” describes life on Chicago’s meanest streets.
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