Fiction: A Parable About Good, Evil and the Inevitable
A.L. Kennedy’s novella “The Little Snake” conjures the story of a young girl’s friendship with a strangely powerful creature and how it will shape her life.
Inside the List: The Paper Published a Holiday Books Guide in 1851 — and Every Year Since
It turns out that people have liked to give books as gifts for a long time. Here’s a peek at how tastes have changed over the years.
New in Paperback: ‘Afterglow (a dog memoir),’ ‘The Odyssey’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Fiction: ‘Love Is Blind,’ but Lust Isn’t
In William Boyd’s novel of desire and deceit, a hunky Scottish piano tuner falls for a sexy Russian soprano.
Books News: Curtis Sittenfeld’s Next Short Story Will Be an Audible Original
The best-selling writer of “Prep,” “Eligible” and other novels edited “Atomic Marriage” with audio in mind.
Nonfiction: Books About Losing Faith That Will Give You Hope
In “Interior States,” Megan O’Gieblyn reconsiders her evangelical upbringing, and in “What if This Were Enough?” Heather Havrilesky renounces the “enforced cheer” of American culture.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama and the Great Migration
The former first lady’s long-awaited new memoir, “Becoming,” recounts with insight, candor and wit her family’s trajectory from the Jim Crow South to Chicago’s South Side and her own improbable journey from there to the White House.
Paper Chase: ‘A Christmas Carol,’ by Charles Dickens, Turns 175
On the anniversary of the beloved holiday classic, we look back at some of The Times’s coverage of the author and his story over the years.
By the Book: Michelle Obama: By the Book
The former first lady, whose new memoir is “Becoming,” admires Zadie Smith’s novel “White Teeth” for its complexity and humor: “Even if a book takes on serious topics, I think it should still be fun to read.”
The Art of Reading: The Way We Read
Donald and Patricia Oresman’s 550-piece art collection was auctioned recently. Every piece had one thing in common: people were reading in them.
Nonfiction: Was Saul Bellow a Man or a Jerk? Both, a Monumental Biography Concludes
The second and final volume of Zachary Leader’s “The Life of Saul Bellow” is a portrait of a writer struggling to contend with the consequences of fame.
Nonfiction: A Scholar of Religion Confronts Her Own Grief
In her memoir, “Why Religion?,” Elaine Pagels tells the story of her own deep loss and her search for answers in faith and spirituality.
Nonfiction: A New Story Collection and a Memoir by Lucia Berlin, Patron Saint of Soulful Cool
In “Evening in Paradise,” a volume of short stories, and “Welcome Home,” a memoir unfinished at her death, the cult writer cements her status as a revered chronicler of America’s lost corners.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Essay: ‘I Read Morning, Night and in Between’: How One Novelist Came to Love Books
The Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma recalls how his father’s gift for storytelling led his son to discover the worlds between covers.
Nonfiction: Jonathan Franzen Despairs of a Planet Inhospitable to Birds
In his new collection of essays, “The End of the End of the Earth,” Franzen complains about groups that emphasize climate change at the expense of conservation.
Footnotes: The People of Mbomo Tell Their Stories
In “Congo Tales,” a new book about the second-largest tropical forest in the world, the story of a people and their home comes alive.
FIction: A Capacious New History of the Beastie Boys by the Two Who Remain
In “Beastie Boys Book,” Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz gather their memories, mementos and a lot more to offer a celebration of their band.
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