Fiction: The Merman of Her Dreams
In Melissa Broder’s novel, “The Pisces,” a depressed graduate student meets her fairy-tale prince — who happens to be half fish.
Front Burner: A Book at the Intersection of Fire and Heat
Spicy Korean sauces provide the grilling inspiration in a new cookbook from Bill Kim, the Chicago chef and restaurateur.
Nonfiction: Is Our Obsession With Wellness Doing Us In?
In “Natural Causes,” Barbara Ehrenreich argues that our quest for perfect health is fundamentally misguided.
Nonfiction: It All Comes Down to Feelings
In “The Strange Order of Things,” Antonio Damasio makes a case for the centrality of emotion in our understanding of life on earth and how we came to be.
The Shortlist: From Expats to Fortunetelling Accountants, a Pile of Character-Rich Debut Novels
Whimsy, drama, art and Old World family epics: These authors prove there’s more than one way to write your first book.
Nonfiction: Misty Copeland Pirouettes Through Two Books on Dance
Henry Alford’s “And Then We Danced” and Laura Jacobs’s “Celestial Bodies” explore the cultural and personal resonances of the art of movement.
The Best of Anthony Bourdain
What to read, what to watch and what to listen to by and about the chef, TV host and author who died on Friday.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Where Nostalgia Softens Taboo Sex
The blurred lines and degrading sexual encounters in Eliza Robertson’s “Demi-Gods” tell a candid coming-of-age story.
Fiction: A Quixotic Hunt for Mammoth Creatures That Ends in Tragedy
After reading that ancient bones were discovered in Kentucky, the 19th-century protagonist of Carys Davies’s new novel, “West,” sets out to find the living creatures.
Fiction: Clarice Lispector’s Second Novel Charts a Woman’s Existential Awakening
In “The Chandelier,” the last of her novels to be translated into English, Lispector shows off her genius for description, uncanny dialogue and other extraordinary tricks.
The Book Review Podcast: Michael Pollan on Drugs
On this week’s podcast, Pollan discusses his new book about psychedelics, “How to Change Your Mind,” and Edward Tenner talks about big data and Silicon Valley’s “Efficiency Paradox.”
The Shortlist: 3 New Novels on the Perils of Digital Life
Cyberstalking. Revenge porn. Instagram influencers with a dark side. These books may persuade you to finally unplug.
Crime: Dangerous Disappearing Acts, With Killers in Pursuit
Battered women, bankrupt businessmen and star baseball players haunt this week’s Crime column. Also a murderer who may get her own reality show.
Inside the List: Everything Is Copy
David Sedaris ponders names for his new house, Karen Kingsbury reveals she has special help writing her novels and Stephanie Garber unveils her gorgeous Pinterest inspirations.
Nonfiction: How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World
Catherine Nixey’s “The Darkening Age” tells a story of desecration on an enormous scale.
New in Paperback: ‘Rising Star,’ ‘Mrs. Fletcher’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Shortlist: The Struggles of Modern Motherhood in Essays, a Thriller and a Dystopian Novel
Three new books explore the traumas, anxieties, injustices and even dangers of having children.
Sketchbook: Books Gone Wild
We asked creatures from around the ecosystem to tell us what they’re reading.
Fiction: A Fable of Mozambique, Its Bloodshed and Myths
With “Woman of the Ashes,” the first novel of a trilogy, Mia Couto conjures his country’s colonial past with sensitivity and imagination.
Fiction: Fluid Friendships: A Literary Ode to the Shifting Nature of Human Bonds
Six friends pair off, split up and regroup in “Companions,” a light-footed novel by the Danish writer Christina Hesselholdt.
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