Sketchbook | The Literati: The Sensational Rise and Fall of Truman Capote
How the success of “In Cold Blood” led to a quick fame, followed by a long infamy.
Nonfiction: David Sedaris Has a New Essay Collection. It Changed Alan Cumming’s Whole Worldview.
In “Calypso,” Sedaris delivers a caustically funny take on the indignities and banalities of everyday life, Cumming writes.
Inside the List: ‘I’m the One You Want to Sit Next to When Things Are Dull’
Sweet-and-sour humor permeates Dorothea Benton Frank’s latest Southern comedy of manners, “By Invitation Only.”
New in Paperback: ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘Compass’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: The French Revolution Made Him an Exile, and a Writer
Alex Andriesse’s translation of “Memoirs From Beyond the Grave, 1768-1800” follows François-René de Chateaubriand from Europe to America and back.
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: Tina Brown on Truman Capote‘s brilliant and tragic life.
Fiction: 750,000 Germans Fled East Prussia in 1945. A Novelist Imagines One Family’s Exodus.
In “All for Nothing,” the German writer Walter Kempowski confronts a long-simmering trauma: the plight of the country’s civilian refugees during World War II.
Nonfiction: The Fate of Most Silicon Valley Drones: ‘Live Work Work Work Die’
Corey Pein delves into the dark heart of the tech industry, where most are destined not to make it.
The Shortlist: Wild Animals Gallop, Swim and Scamper Their Way Through These Books
Three new books tell the story of jellyfish, mustangs and all the many creatures an impassioned veterinarian might encounter.
Fiction: In the Colorado Desert, a Debut Novelist Finds a Metaphor for Israel and Palestine
Heather Abel’s novel, “The Optimistic Decade,” takes a seat around the campfire of a back-to-the-land retreat for idealistic young activists in ’80s and ’90s America.
Children’s Books: In Katherine Applegate’s New Fantasy Novel, Extinction Is Imminent
What would it be like to be the final one of your kind? The only surviving member of a human-dog hybrid species tries to keep hope alive.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Children’s Books: In a Newbery Medalist’s Latest Novel, Friends Find Solace in Words
In Erin Entrada Kelly’s charming new book, “You Go First,” misfits connect long-distance via online Scrabble. Is it an escape, or the start of a real bond?
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: When a Stroke Felled Her Mother, This Author Ran Away to the Circus
In “The Electric Woman,” Tessa Fontaine traces her experience of losing her mother against her life as a performer in America’s oldest sideshow.
By the Book: Lauren Groff: By the Book
Lauren Groff, author most recently of the story collection “Florida,” sees Mr. Rochester as a villain: “He’s a sociopath who keeps his grieving wife locked in the attic and tries to gaslight poor, plain, abused Jane Eyre then marry her bigamously.”
Profile: David Sedaris Leaves His Audiences Weeping. And Still Wanting More.
He loves the crowds, the crowds love him, and his appearances attract hundreds and even thousands of fans. One the eve of publication of his new book, “Calypso,” the love fest continues.
Fiction: A Novel of Kentucky Noir, So Humane It’s Bathed in Light
Chris Offutt’s new novel, “Country Dark,” is set in the world of backwoods moonshiners.
Essay: The Mystery Buffs in the White House
Our presidents’ love of detective fiction has an august history. Craig Fehrman follows the clues.
Nonfiction: The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally Ill
In her new book, Alisa Roth details the way the criminal justice system makes the sick even sicker.
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