Vows: Arts Meets Science and Chemistry Wins the Day
Paul Romer had a doubly big day: he was married to Caroline Weber in the morning and then accepted a Nobel Prize in the evening.
Match Book: Books to Give Your Precocious Readers
Graphic and prose novels for your speed-reading children to both breeze through and savor.
Poetry: Two New Volumes by Adrienne Rich, Game-Changing Feminist, Poet and Essayist
“Selected Poems: 1950-2012,” and “Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry,” are laden with insights that, six years after Rich’s death, remain as urgent as ever.
Now Read This: Discussion Questions for ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’
Casey Gerald’s memoir is our December pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”
Further Reading: Do You Love ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’? Then Read These Books.
Whether you want to dip into a novel that evokes Midge Maisel’s New York City or pick up a sparkling history of 1950s comedy, we’ve got some recommendations for you.
Poetry: From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation
In “Evolution,” Eileen Myles makes us reconsider the nature of experience and imagination.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Newsbook: President Trump Seeks New Chief of Staff. 3 Books Show Why His Next Pick Matters.
From Nixon’s White House to Obama’s, these books highlight presidential right-hand men and their outsize power.
The Best Poetry of 2018
The Book Review’s poetry columnist, David Orr, picks 10 collections worth your attention.
Essay: Suddenly, Poets Are More Willing to Address Public Concerns. The Poet Laureate Explores Why, and How.
Tracy K. Smith, the United States poet laureate, looks at the ways poetry has dealt with the shifting political landscapes of the past two decades.
The Book Review Podcast: Immaturity in American Politics
Alan Wolfe discusses “The Politics of Petulance,” and Nadja Spiegelman talks about two books by Lucia Berlin.
Nonfiction: The Real-Life Heroine Who Inspired a Character on ‘Boardwalk Empire’
With “Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster,” Stephen L. Carter celebrates his extraordinary grandmother.
Nonfiction: A Fresh Look at How Poets Evolve Over the Course of a Career
In “We Begin in Gladness,” the poet and critic Craig Morgan Teicher considers poets from W.S. Merwin to francine j. harris, in light of changes in their language and their influence on one another.
Nonfiction: Colm Toibin on the Fathers of Geniuses
“Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know” recounts the lives of the fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce — and the chaos they created.
Children’s Books: Picture Books That Celebrate a Grandparent’s Selfless Love
There’s nothing like the bond between grandparent and grandchild. New books by Tomie dePaola, Cecilia Ruiz and more show it in many forms.
Sketchbook | Tribute: Edward Carey Illustrates a Homage to Charles Dickens
A nod to the classic English bildungsroman “Great Expectations,” first serialized in December 1860.
The Shortlish: Shrewd Short Stories That Merge the Hopeless and the Hopeful
Four collections, in settings that range from Glasgow to an island in the Pacific Northwest, sketch troubled lives and a yearning for better times.
Nonfiction: Two Leading Intellectuals Analyze What Ails America
Alan Wolfe’s “The Politics of Petulance” and Lawrence Lessig’s “America, Compromised” offer differing diagnoses of the condition of the country.
Nonfiction: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court Supreme
Richard Brookhiser’s “John Marshall” looks at the accomplishments of the legendary chief justice and draws lessons for today.
Fiction: A Timely Dystopian Thriller With Sexual Assault and Political Corruption at Its Core
“Those Who Knew,” a new novel by Idra Novey, takes place on an unnamed island, but in a world beset by problems unnervingly like our own.
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