Fiction: Salman Rushdie Reviews a Sweeping Debut About the Roots of Modern Zambia
In “The Old Drift,” Namwali Serpell spins a multigenerational, magical-realist tale of the East African nation from colonialism to the future.
By the Book: By the Book: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The scholar and host of the PBS series “Reconstruction,” whose latest books are “Dark Sky Rising” and “Stony the Road,” is a productive beach reader: “I read more during two months on the Vineyard … than I do the entire rest of the year.”
Nonfiction: The Two Artist Couples Who Helped Launch American Modernism
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Paul Strand and Rebecca Salsbury coupled, fought and made some of the most influential photographs and paintings of the 20th century. “Foursome,” by Carolyn Burke, tells their story.
Fiction: ‘The Women’s War’ Is an Epic Feminist Fantasy for the #MeToo Era
In Jenna Glass’s new novel, a spell giving women control over their own fertility has far-reaching consequences.
Nonfiction: Moving Alabama Into the Modern Age
Doug Jones’s “Bending Toward Justice” is about his role in the famous 1963 church-bombing case and his experience running for senator in 2017.
Fiction: Was That Really Me? A Novelist Discovers Her Younger Self
Siri Hustvedt’s autobiographical novel “Memories of the Future” uses a newly discovered journal to reconnect with her early days in New York.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: Where to Have Your Existential Crisis: Ann Arbor or Rome?
Brad Leithauser’s comic novel “The Promise of Elsewhere” sends a depressed American academic in flight to Europe. So why does he wind up in Greenland?
Nonfiction: Preet Bharara Remembers His Busy Tenure as a U.S. Attorney
“Doing Justice,” Bharara’s new book, is not only a memoir but also a manual on how the justice system is a guide to life.
The Book Review Podcast: The Life of Sandra Day O’Connor
Evan Thomas talks about “First,” his new biography of O’Connor, and Mitchell S. Jackson discusses “Survival Math.”
Nonfiction: Pretending to Play the Violin
“Sounds Like Titanic,” by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, is a memoir of being hired to tour with a famous composer who turns out to be duping his audiences.
Nonfiction: Drug Epidemics, Past and Present
Thomas Hager’s “Ten Drugs” examines the history of both the good and bad of medication.
Nonfiction: The Jewish Spies Who Posed as Arabs
Matti Friedman’s “Spies of No Country” tells the story of the Arab Section, the Jewish secret agents who operated in enemy territory at the birth of Israel.
Graphic Content: Graphic Novels That Will Diagnose Your Disease
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at the genre of “graphic medicine,” comics illustrating the challenges of doctors and travails of patients.
Sketchbook |: From Jay Gatsby to Kunta Kinte
The legendary graphic designer, Seymour Chwast, draws some of his favorite protagonists.
From Our Archives: Looking Back at ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’
In his 2000 memoir, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” Dave Eggers becomes the steward of his brother after their parents die within weeks of each other.
Inside the List: Guilt, Jealousy, Empathy: Your Dog Has the Same Emotions You Do
Frans de Waal’s new book, “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves,” debuts on the best-seller list this week at No. 4.
The Shortlist: Three Novels Take Readers Deep Inside the Writer’s Life
Amit Chaudhuri’s narrator wanders Mumbai while João Gilberto Noll’s loses himself in London. And Monique Schwitter’s? She’s adrift among a dozen past loves.
Children’s Books: Gorgeous Books to Expand the Youngest Minds
Dreamy marshmallows, rude animals, a portal to a mirror world and more fill the latest crop of picture books.
New in Paperback: ‘Heavy,’ ‘Do This for Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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