The Book Review Podcast: A Violent Summer in Chicago
Alex Kotlowitz discusses “An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago,” and John Lanchester talks about his new novel, “The Wall.”
Essay: Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump?
Parodies of the president proliferate in books and on TV. But how do you ridicule a man who seems to have mastered the strategies of those who would hold him to account through humor?
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: The Enduring Power of “Tuck Everlasting”
The artist Tillie Walden pays graphic homage to the classic children’s book.
From Our Archives: When Janet Malcolm Surveyed the World of Psychoanalytic Training
In her 1981 book “Psychoanalysis,” Malcolm explores psychiatry and mental health.
Children’s Books: Graphic Novels That Will Keep Kids Reading
Jerry Craft’s tale of an artistic black kid navigating a mostly white prep school, and Lincoln Peirce’s new series about a medieval girl who longs to be a knight.
The Shortlist: Fascinating Alternate Histories in Four New Novels
Greek gods prowl the First World War. Medieval French nuns become executioners. A future U.S. rounds up Muslims. A scorned aristocrat pulls off the ultimate heist.
New in Paperback: ‘What Are We Doing Here?,’ ‘The House of Broken Angels’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: In the Hands of Janet Malcolm, Journalism Becomes Art
“Nobody’s Looking at You” collects profiles, reportage and literary criticism produced between 1996 and 2018 by the famed New Yorker staff writer.
Inside the List: The Newest Trend in Children’s Lit: ‘Empathy Books’
Peter H. Reynolds’s ‘Say Something!’ helps teach kids about compassion and justice.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: Chills, Thrills and Spills: How Alex Honnold Conquered El Capitan
Mark Synnott’s “The Impossible Climb” is a memoir, an exploration of rock-climbing culture and a white-knuckle account of his buddy Honnold’s Yosemite feat.
Nonfiction: Exonerated for a Murder They Didn’t Commit
In “Good Kids, Bad City,” Kyle Swenson tells the story of three men who suffered a terrible injustice and a city, Cleveland, complicit in the wrong.
By the Book: By the Book: Donna Leon
The crime writer, whose latest Guido Brunetti mystery is “Unto Us a Son Is Given,” says Charles Dickens “will teach any writer how to plot and can turn a sentence into an incantation.”
Fiction: ‘Cherokee Nation’ Blends Family Saga, History and Melodrama
Margaret Verble — a voting member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma — explores her heritage in a sprawling and deeply satisfying new novel.
Essay: The ‘Moral Clarity’ of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50
The novelist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers makes the case for the enduring influence of Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel about the lasting trauma of war.
Fiction: Valeria Luiselli Traces the Youngest Casualties of the Border Crisis
Her latest novel, “Lost Children Archive,” follows a New York family on a cross-country journey to strengthen the bonds of family.
Fiction: Helen Oyeyemi Dishes Up Magic in Her New Novel, ‘Gingerbread’
She’s taken old fairy tales, seasoned them with 20th-century history and pop-culture references, and frosted them with whimsical, even bizarre details.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Anglos, Hispanics and the Formation of America
Carrie Gibson’s “El Norte” tells the story of a painful and often forgotten past.
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