Fiction: It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long.
Lawrence Osborne’s novel “Only to Sleep” jolts Raymond Chandler’s P.I. out of his quiet Mexican lair and back into the world of scams and seductions.
Nonfiction: When the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Exonerated a Convicted Murderer
Margalit Fox’s “Conan Doyle for the Defense” tells the forgotten story of a man wrongly convicted of a crime and a writer’s help in pursuing justice.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons.
13 authors recommend the most frightening books they’ve ever read.
Fiction: Competing Scientists Plus a High-Stakes University Lab Equals Murder
Megan Abbott’s dark, swampy new novel, “Give Me Your Hand,” is lit by a current of rage.
The Book Review Podcast: From Transcribing for Obama to Writing Her Own Story
Beck Dorey-Stein discusses “From the Corner of the Oval,” and Caroline Weber talks about “Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle Paris.”
Nonfiction: French High Society During the Belle Époque
“Proust’s Duchess,” by Caroline Weber, describes the luxurious but unhappy lives of three celebrated Parisian women.
New in Paperback: ‘No Apparent Distress,’ ‘The Destroyers’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside J.R.R. Tolkien’s Notebooks, a Glimpse of the Master Philologist at Work
A manuscript page from the “Lord of the Rings” author’s notebooks reveals his painstaking process of language invention.
Inside the List: Want a Belt Buckle, Coffee, Sword or Mug With That Book?
Sure, fans can buy books on authors’ websites. But enterprising authors like Brad Thor, Anne Rice and George R.R. Martin offer tie-in merchandise as well.
Children’s Books: Standout Summertime Picture Books
Young children will delight in these sweetly charming tales about sandcastles, ice cream, picnics and long walks.
Fiction: Does the Name Dag Solstad Mean Anything to You? It Should.
He’s Norway’s greatest living writer, and two more of his novels — “T Singer” and “Armand V” — have recently been translated.
Fiction: In This Novel, a Mother Risks Everything for a Second Chance
Evgenia Citkowitz’s first novel, “The Shades,” follows the remorseful decline of a family in the aftermath of a daughter’s death.
Nonfiction: The Illness That Had No Name
Amanda Stern’s memoir, “Little Panic,” recounts her quest to discover why she felt so different.
Fiction: ‘O.K., Google, Make Me Happy’: In This Novel, Technology Is a Panacea
In Katie Williams’s “Tell the Machine Goodnight,” there are individualized “contentment plans” that let us know how to achieve peace of mind.
Our back pages: 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: a heroic quest in a finely detailed imaginary world.
Nonfiction: North Korea: Where Everything Is Forbidden Unless It Is Allowed
Travis Jeppesen’s “See You Again in Pyongyang” offers a glimpse into a country little known in the West.
Fiction: A Multiracial Family Provides a Lens on the Essence of Caregiving
In Rumaan Alam’s second novel, “That Kind of Mother,” a white woman adopts a black son. Universal truths about family and motherhood ensue.
My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film
Andrew Solomon writes about the process of converting his book “Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity” into a documentary.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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