Nonfiction: Attempting the Impossible: A Thoughtful Meditation on Technology
In “Bitwise,” David Auerbach charts a middle course in his exploration of the good and the bad of our tech-enabled lives.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Crime: Yo, Ray Boy: Crime Novels That Speak in Local Voices
From the Brooklynese of “Gravesend” to the Western twang of “Depth of Winter,” four mysteries tell murder-filled tales in regional accents.
Nonfiction: Does Our Cultural Obsession With Safety Spell the Downfall of Democracy?
Two new books — “The Splintering of the American Mind,” by William Egginton, and “The Coddling of the American Mind,” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt — warn of the threat to the country’s political and social well-being by a fractured generation convinced of its fragility.
Nonfiction: What Is Identity?
Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity” and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Lies That Bind” examine the role of personal identity in our modern age.
Profile: In a New Book of Sketches, Françoise Gilot Clears Her Mind of the Past
Picasso’s former lover and muse has a philosophy formed by nine decades of living. And forgetting.
Nonfiction: Why Arthur Ashe Is the Spiritual Father of Colin Kaepernick
Touré reviews Raymond Arsenault’s major new biography, “Arthur Ashe: A Life,” which tells the story of a remarkable athlete and activist.
Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Grief and Laughter Mingle in ‘Tragedy Plus Time’
The comedian and actor Adam Cayton-Holland discusses his new memoir, which recounts his childhood in Denver and the eventual suicide of his younger sister.
The Book Review: Interrogating the Change Makers
“This is change that doesn’t necessarily change anything,” Anand Giridharadas says.
New in Paperback: ‘Real American,’ ‘Touch’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: First a Decorated War Vet, Then a Bank Robber, Now a Best-Selling Novelist
Nico Walker’s “Cherry” is selling briskly. When the still-incarcerated author can use the phone again — he’s out of minutes — he may score a film deal, too.
Nonfiction: A Palestinian Responds to His Israeli Neighbor
In “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” Yossi Klein Halevi looks to explain to a hypothetical Palestinian how his people see the conflict.
Nonfiction: How Patriarchy Imprinted Itself on the Family Who Created Jell-O
In “Jell-O Girls,” Allie Rowbottom explores the history of her family, including a legacy of psychogenic illness, a result of repression and trauma.
Fiction: Slavery’s Repercussions Unspool in a Dark Southern Tale
Kevin Powers’s second novel, “A Shout in the Ruins,” tells a story that spans over a hundred years and begins with a fire at a Virginia plantation.
The Shortlist: Cold Cases: Three Scandinavian Novels Explore Chilling Emotional Territory
Prepare to be dazzled by these new works of fiction — two Norwegian, one Danish.
Children’s Books: Surviving, and Thriving, in Middle School Hell? Three New Novels Say It’s Possible
In their new books, Allison Varnes, Pablo Cartaya and Antony John create memorable characters who try to stand out but also, somehow, fit in.
Nonfiction: Five Women Who Made Aviation History
“Fly Girls,” by Keith O’Brien, points out that Amelia Earhart wasn’t the only female pilot who defied all odds to take to the skies in the 1920s.
Fiction: A Literary Three-Hankie Weeper
A cheap reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” binds “Tin Man,” Sarah Winman’s tale of love, loss and the power of art to inspire and sustain.
On Poetry: There Once Was a Man Who Felt Lonely: A Biographer Considers Edward Lear’s Art and Its Sources
In “Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense,” Jenny Uglow suggests that her subject’s life was sadder than his paintings and limericks would imply.
Fiction: A Grisly Fable of Ottoman Albania
In Ismail Kadare’s novel “The Traitor’s Niche,” the quest for a rebel pasha’s head becomes a grimly comic comment on 20th-century authoritarianism.
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