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The historian John Lewis Gaddis, whose new book is “On Grand Strategy,” finds train videos relaxing: “I especially recommend the six-hour run from Omsk to Novosibirsk, on which nothing happens.”
“The Making of a Dream,” by Laura Wides-Muñoz, recounts the long and unfinished battle for immigration reform through the stories of young activists.
Daniel Stone’s “The Food Explorer” tags along with a world-traveling Gilded Age botanist whose agricultural discoveries changed the American diet.
Lauren Slater’s new book chronicles the history of mood-regulating drugs, weaving in her own lifelong struggle to get well and stay well.
The married couple in Anna Quindlen’s “Alternate Side” would seem to have everything. But their reactions to a neighborhood attack prove otherwise.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Books from throughout history to provide solace in troubling times.
From “Top Gun” to “Star Wars,” Mark Weinberg’s memoir looks back on evening screenings that staffers shared at Camp David with the commander in chief.
In “The Common Good,” Reich argues that it all begins with a shared commitment to fundamental principles.
On this week’s podcast, Urrea talks about his new novel, “The House of Broken Angels,” and Martin Doyle discusses “The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers.”
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Can’t find time to read? Some illustrated solutions.
In his new book, “The Monk of Mokha,” Dave Eggers describes what happened when an idealistic young American decided to revive Yemen’s 500-year-old coffee trade.
New books look at the importance and the dangers of the wet stuff.
In “Farewell to the Horse,” Ulrich Raulff examines our complicated and violently unilateral relationship with Equus caballus.
David Cannadine’s “Victorious Century” tells the story of Britain in the 19th century, when it was at the height of its powers.
In “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist,” Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington tell a haunting true-crime tale of systemic incompetence and racism.
Jon Meacham parses the historical record for fresh insight into the events surrounding the death of Christ.
In Kim Fu’s novel, “The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore,” an overnight kayaking expedition reverberates in unexpected ways.
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