The Best Poetry of 2018
The Book Review’s poetry columnist, David Orr, picks 10 collections worth your attention.
Essay: Suddenly, Poets Are More Willing to Address Public Concerns. The Poet Laureate Explores Why, and How.
Tracy K. Smith, the United States poet laureate, looks at the ways poetry has dealt with the shifting political landscapes of the past two decades.
The Book Review Podcast: Immaturity in American Politics
Alan Wolfe discusses “The Politics of Petulance,” and Nadja Spiegelman talks about two books by Lucia Berlin.
Nonfiction: The Real-Life Heroine Who Inspired a Character on ‘Boardwalk Empire’
With “Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster,” Stephen L. Carter celebrates his extraordinary grandmother.
Nonfiction: A Fresh Look at How Poets Evolve Over the Course of a Career
In “We Begin in Gladness,” the poet and critic Craig Morgan Teicher considers poets from W.S. Merwin to francine j. harris, in light of changes in their language and their influence on one another.
Nonfiction: Colm Toibin on the Fathers of Geniuses
“Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know” recounts the lives of the fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce — and the chaos they created.
Children’s Books: Picture Books That Celebrate a Grandparent’s Selfless Love
There’s nothing like the bond between grandparent and grandchild. New books by Tomie dePaola, Cecilia Ruiz and more show it in many forms.
Sketchbook | Tribute: Edward Carey Illustrates a Homage to Charles Dickens
A nod to the classic English bildungsroman “Great Expectations,” first serialized in December 1860.
The Shortlish: Shrewd Short Stories That Merge the Hopeless and the Hopeful
Four collections, in settings that range from Glasgow to an island in the Pacific Northwest, sketch troubled lives and a yearning for better times.
Nonfiction: Two Leading Intellectuals Analyze What Ails America
Alan Wolfe’s “The Politics of Petulance” and Lawrence Lessig’s “America, Compromised” offer differing diagnoses of the condition of the country.
Nonfiction: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court Supreme
Richard Brookhiser’s “John Marshall” looks at the accomplishments of the legendary chief justice and draws lessons for today.
Fiction: A Timely Dystopian Thriller With Sexual Assault and Political Corruption at Its Core
“Those Who Knew,” a new novel by Idra Novey, takes place on an unnamed island, but in a world beset by problems unnervingly like our own.
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.
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