Modern Political Ideas
Three new books explore the concepts of liberalism, democracy and nationalism.
Children’s Books: Picture Books About Dreams and Dreamers of All Kinds
Immigrants, artists and inventors imagine liberation in gorgeous new books by Yuyi Morales, Il Sung Na, Juan Felipe Herrera and more.
Nonfiction: The True Grit of Four American Presidents
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Leadership in Turbulent Times” looks at Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.
Crime: War Wounds: Crime Novels From All Kinds of Battlefields
Marilyn Stasio’s mystery roundup takes readers to World War I Britain and France, then dips into two psychological combat zones in modern America.
New in Paperback: ‘Prairie Fires,’ ‘Cockfosters’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: Delia Owens, Who Suffused Her African Memoirs With Lush Natural Detail, Turns to Fiction
Hints of her wildlife research — particularly the study of brown hyenas — can be seen in her debut novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing.”
Nonfiction: The Story of California Told Through One Family
Miriam Pawel’s “The Browns of California” describes a political dynasty that has dominated the state across 60 years.
Sketchbook | Visuals: Khaled Hosseini Has Written an Illustrated Tribute to Fallen Refugees
Illustrated by Dan Williams, “Sea Prayer” relates a message of universal human despair, but also hope.
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: Elizabeth Janeway on Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita.”
Nonfiction: A Modern Jeremiah Sees National Decline Everywhere He Looks
In “America: The Farewell Tour,” Chris Hedges says the end is near.
Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading by critics and editors at The New York Times.
By the Book: Bob Woodward: By the Book
The journalist, whose new book is “Fear: Trump in the White House,” remembers reading “The Swiss Family Robinson” as a child: “It was, I believe, the first time I dropped out of my own world into another for a sustained period of time.”
Nonfiction: Why the Right to Vote Is Not a Right
Allan J. Lichtman’s “The Embattled Vote in America” looks at how some Americans have tried to restrict the vote of other Americans.
Essay: Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife
Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago” and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” continue to be controversial even today.
Nonfiction: Is Donald Trump a Fascist?
Jason Stanley’s “How Fascism Works” sees parallels in the appeals the president makes to his base.
Books of The Times: As the News Cycle Lurches, Jill Lepore Offers a Long, Steady View of American History
In the elegant, readable and sobering “These Truths,” Lepore starts with Columbus’s arrival and wends her way through the next five centuries.
Profile: Sally Field Talks About Her Life ‘In Pieces’
In a new memoir, the actress reveals a personal history, darkened by abuse and illuminated by grace, that she has never shared before.
The Long View: Henry Adams’s 1880 Novel, ‘Democracy,’ Resonates Now More Than Ever
It’s a love story about the possibilities and perils of power, corruption and moral compromise in a democratic government.
Match Book: Fall Back Into the School Year With Books by, for and About Teachers
Fictional and autobiographical tales that span the vast range of the educator’s spirit.
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