Fiction: A Father’s Corpse Journeys Across War-Torn Syria in This Masterly Novel
“Death Is Hard Work,” by the lauded Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, is his first to be set during the country’s current war.
Fiction: Han Kang’s Novel Is a Politically Tinged Eulogy for a Dead Sister
In “The White Book,” a Korean novelist wanders the city of Warsaw, haunted by her family’s loss — and by her country’s inability to mourn its own losses.
Nonfiction: Frans de Waal Embraces Animal Emotions in ‘Mama’s Last Hug’
In his new book, the renowned ethnologist argues that emotions are key to understanding both human and animal behavior.
The Week in Books
The Oscars, a new history of Northern Ireland, Isaac Mizrahi and more.
An Appraisal: Tomi Ungerer Transformed Darkness With Whimsy and Glee
The iconoclastic artist’s picture books comforted children and made adults uncomfortable.
Graphic Content: Graphic Novels in the Age of Trump
In his latest Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at James Sturm’s “Off Season” and Elly Lonon and Joan Reilly’s “Amongst the Liberal Elite.”
The Book Review Podcast: Seeking Silence
Gal Beckerman discusses “How to Disappear,” by Akiko Busch, and “Silence,” by Jane Brox; and Steve Luxenberg talks about “Separate.”
Nonfiction: ‘Say Nothing’ — Part History, Part True Crime — Illuminates the Bitter Conflict in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe’s stunning new book uses the 1972 murder and abduction of a Belfast mother of 10 to tell the story of the Troubles.
New in Paperback: ‘The Strange Order of Things,’ ‘The Pisces’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: The ‘Columbine’ Author Dave Cullen Talks About His New Book, ‘Parkland’
Soon after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Cullen realized there was something different about this tragedy. He got on a plane to Florida.
Match Book: Books at the Box Office
Nonfiction titles that made a splash on both the page and the big screen.
Sketchbook: Was the True Hero of ‘Peter Pan’ the Dog?
Sara Lautman draws a tribute to the Darling family’s loyal pet and caretaker, Nana.
Fiction: Their Romance Dissolved. So the Heroines of This Novel Seek Their Roots.
The title characters of Amy Feltman’s “Willa & Hesper” find solace from their breakup in the rabbit holes of their European Jewish backgrounds.
Nonfiction: The Series of Historical Mistakes That Led to Trump
Michael Tomasky’s “If We Can Keep It” recounts the political and cultural back story to our current, destabilized moment.
Otherworldly: Sublime New Fantasy Fiction
An epic debut, poems as sharp as blood-tinged spindles, a stand-alone novel narrated by a god: There’s something for everyone here.
Children’s Books: Y.A. Thrillers That Put Teenagers to the Test
An emotionless world where feelings are a commodity. A murderer pursuing a homecoming queen. And more, in novels from Karen M. McManus, E.K. Johnston, Lamar Giles and S.E. Grove.
Essay: Joan Castleman, Meet Glenn Close. What Happens When a Book’s Character Comes to Life.
“The first time I saw ‘The Wife’ I felt as if I were watching a home movie I hadn’t known existed.”
The Shortlist: Hitler Had Food Tasters, Anne Frank Lived and Maud Baum Wanted to Be Heard
Three new historical novels reimagine the lives of real women.
From Our Archives: Revisiting Diana Athill: ‘The Doyenne of English Book Editors’
In her memoir “Stet,” the editor behind writers such as V.S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys reflected on her life in publishing.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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