New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: How Do We Make the Long-Term Decisions That Matter?
Steven Johnson’s “Farsighted” looks at those fork-in-the-road moments that can forever alter the future.
Match Book: Books for Left-Brained Readers
Fiction, both imaginative and realist, rooted in a powerful sense of place.
Nonfiction: The Bizarre Tale of the ‘Dinosaur Artist’ Who Trafficked in Stolen Fossils
Paige Williams tells a panoramic story that has, at its center, a man who tried to sell a stolen Tyrannosaurus skeleton from Mongolia.
Nonfiction: The Dickensian Conditions of Life in a For-Profit Lockup
To write “American Prison,” the prizewinning reporter Shane Bauer spent four months undercover at a privately run Louisiana prison. What he found was shocking.
The Book Review: The End of the ‘Struggle’
Why does Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-part epic share a title with Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”? “The payoff is in volume 6,” says Daniel Mendelsohn.
Rebecca Traister on Why Women Are Angry: It’s Not Just Kavanaugh
Ms. Traister‘s writing has placed her at the center of the feminist conversation for years. Her new book on women’s rage should keep her there.
The Shortlist: These Short Story Debuts Are ‘Squirmy,’ ‘Virtuosic,’ ‘Claustrophobic’
Three collections introduce three new fiction writers — Rita Bullwinkel, Mark Leidner and Kim Magowan — to the literary scene.
New in Paperback: ‘Rebellion,’ ‘Grant’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Work in Progress: Original, Handwritten Manuscripts of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’
An earlier version of Oscar Wilde’s controversial novel contains homoerotic undertones which he edited out for the final book.
Fiction: Natural Born Killers: Italy’s ‘Baby Gangs’ Blast Through Roberto Saviano’s Debut Novel
“The Piranhas” follows a group of teenage thugs terrorizing the streets of Naples.
Children’s Books: Kids’ Fantasy Novels That Make Heroes Out of Underdogs
In new books from Daniel José Older, M.T. Anderson and more, readers can root for orphans, apprentices, elves and goblins as they battle evildoers.
Inside the List: A Bubbling Caldron of Witches, Daemons and Vampires
Deborah Harkness, a professor who studies the history of magic and alchemy, spins her research into novels like “Time’s Convert.”
Fiction: An Immigrant Weaves His Love Stories Between Fact and Fiction
Amitava Kumar’s “Immigrant, Montana” tells of the acculturation of a young Indian man looking to find his way in America.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
From Our Archives: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Ernesto Montenegro on “Desolación,” by Gabriela Mistral.
Nonfiction: The Power of Pissed-Off Women
“Good and Mad,” by Rebecca Traister, and “Rage Becomes Her,” by Soraya Chemaly, argue that women’s anger is unappreciated as a catalyst for political change.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: The #MeToo Movement Gets Its Novel
In Kate Walbert’s “His Favorites,” a woman once groomed by her charismatic prep-school English teacher decides to reckon with the relationship.
By the Book: America Ferrera: By the Book
The actor and editor of the new anthology “American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures” would love to see Harry Potter get the “Game of Thrones” treatment: “I’m here for 80 hours of a darker and more detailed adaptation.”
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