New in Paperback: ‘King Zeno,’ ‘The Monk of Mokha’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests
“Revolution Sunday,” by the banned novelist Wendy Guerra, traces a young exile’s struggle against censorship — political, literary and personal.
Nonfiction: A Habitual Liar Almost Conned Abby Ellin Into Marrying Him. Instead, He Gave Her the Idea for a Book.
In “Duped,” Ellin describes her ruinous relationship and other cases of deception.
Children’s Books: Reframing Refugee Children’s Stories
In “We Are Displaced,” the Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai gathers stories from girls around the world who, like her, have had to flee their homes.
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.
Reader’s Notebook: This Is the Story of My Life. And This Is the Story of My Life.
Kathryn Harrison’s and Dani Shapiro’s new autobiographical books are reminders of a seemingly modern job title: serial memoirist. Time and time again, self-chroniclers like them prove that you can’t spell “memoir” without “me.”
How Astounding Saw the Future
Tracing the evolution of the mid-20th-century magazine whose pages gave rise to the genre of science fiction.
Book Scene: Cooking the Book: Dinner with Publisher Daniel Halpern and Chef Wylie Dufresne
A republication of a 1985 cookbook, “The Good Food,” brings writers and foodies to the table.
By the Book: Dani Shapiro: By the Book
The author, most recently, of the memoir “Inheritance” turns to family and friends for reading suggestions: “My 19-year-old son is a voracious reader and constantly recommends books to me.”
Nonfiction: Anne Frank’s Diary, in Graphic Form, Reveals Its Humor
Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s graphic novel adaptation of the famous diary brings out new and vibrant aspects of Anne’s voice.
Fiction: In This Novel, One Sister Is a Nurse. The Other Is a Murderer.
“My Sister, the Serial Killer,” by the Nigerian novelist Oyinkan Braithwaite, follows the fortunes of two women in Lagos, a city that strives to suffocate women.
Newsbook: Walls, Partisanship and the Shutdown
Ahead of President Trump’s address about immigration, these three books offer some perspective on the current political stalemate.
Essay: Virginia Woolf? Snob! Richard Wright? Sexist! Dostoyevsky? Anti-Semite!
How should we read great literature from the past whose moral blind spots offend us?
Fiction: Three Sisters, an Island and an Apocalyptic Tale of Survival
In Sophie Mackintosh’s debut novel, “The Water Cure,” Lia, Grace and Sky — living off the grid with their abusive parents — have been raised to fear men.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Match Book: Poetry to Tap Into Women’s Spiritual Sides
Brief, beautiful poems about human psychology and the natural world.
Nonfiction: Could Immunotherapy Offer a Cure for Cancer?
In “The Breakthrough,” Charles Graeber recounts the long history of researchers’ attempts to mobilize the body’s immune system to fight disease.
Essay: Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing
Four new literary works revisit African history, refiguring age-old maledictions as a birthright, a special form of insight, a superpower, a redemption. Julian Lucas explains.
The Book Review Podcast: Fugitive Slaves and the Road to the Civil War
Andrew Delbanco discusses “The War Before the War,” and Rob Dunn talks about “Never Home Alone.”
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