Fiction: Here Come the Brides: A Free-Spirited Fictional Wedding
Leah Hager Cohen’s novel “Strangers and Cousins” uses a vibrant, anarchic family wedding to explore the way change can be both celebrated and feared.
Knopf Fires High-Profile Editor Over Policy Breach
The publishing house dismissed Gary Fisketjon, a longtime editor who worked with such literary stars as Raymond Carver, Annie Dillard and Cormac McCarthy.
Herman Wouk Wrote Historical Novels. But His True Subject Was Moral Weakness.
In his two World War II novels of the 1970s, Wouk — who died this week — brought psychological insight to genocide, its perpetrators and bystanders. Adelle Waldman explains.
Nonfiction: What to Do When You’re a Country in Crisis
In “Upheaval,” Jared Diamond asks whether countries can draw lessons from how individuals confront personal difficulties.
The Book Review Podcast: Harper Lee’s Unwritten True-Crime Book
Casey Cep discusses “Furious Hours,” and Eliza Griswold talks about “Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America.”
New in Paperback: ‘Florida,’ ‘Robin’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From the Grand Canyon to the Moon
A selection of recent visual books; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Letters to the Editor: Was Varian Fry Gay — and Should It Matter? Readers Respond
The son of Varian Fry, and several others, weigh in on Cynthia Ozick’s review of Julie Orringer’s novel “The Flight Portfolio.”
Fiction: Love at First Sight and Other Disasters: Stories From Karen Russell
In “Orange World,” surrealism is grounded in the real anxieties of our age.
Inside the List: Did Harper Lee, Who Died in 2016, Leave Behind a True-Crime Manuscript?
That’s what Casey Cep tries to figure out in “Furious Hours,” which enters the nonfiction best-seller list this week at No. 6.
Nonfiction: A Filipino-American Memoir of Racism, Abuse and Heartbreak
Grace Talusan’s “The Body Papers” traces the harrowing challenges she’s faced in both the public and private spheres.
Fiction: ‘The Ash Family’ Is a Debut Novel for Our Climate-Anxious Age
In Molly Dektar’s debut, a young woman falls in with a cult of eco-terrorists.
Children’s Books: Bringing Favorite Fairy Tales Up to Date
These new takes on beloved old stories deliver empowered princesses and racial diversity while staying true to the genre’s stark, dangerous heart.
The Shortlist: Family Memoirs: The Ties That Bind and Those That Fray
Four reminiscences of mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, from farming communities in California and South Dakota to the suburbs of New York.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Crime: Video Gaming Turns Murderous, Even if You Play by the Rules
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column enters a dangerous online world, then jumps to a very real drug gang, a hit man in a hospital and a dog with a death sentence.
Nonfiction: The Art Market Is Exploding. This Book Profiles the Dealers Who Lit the Fuse.
A dishy look at the art world’s most powerful gallerists — including Larry Gagosian and David Zwirner — “Boom,” by Michael Shnayerson, recounts how artworks became multimillion-dollar commodities.
Nonfiction: The World According to John Waters, as Interpreted by Alan Cumming
The septuagenarian filmmaker’s latest collection of essays, “Mr. Know-It-All,” is just what its subtitle promises: “The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder.”
Fiction: A Singer’s Hard Question: Can Her Career Coexist With Motherhood?
Laura Barnett’s novel “Greatest Hits” uses the creation of a retrospective album to explore a woman’s tempestuous life in music.
Nonfiction: We Have Abundant Food. Why Is Our Health — and the Planet’s — So Bad?
Bee Wilson’s “The Way We Eat Now” delves into the startling consequences of the globalization that has revolutionized our relationship to food.
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