New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Fiction: Stephen King’s Reign of Terror Continues in a New Novel
“The Outsider” starts out as a routine police procedural but before long transforms into something much more sinister.
Match Book: Road Trip Reads
Whether you’re traveling across the country or just taking a staycation, stock up for summer with these books that are as varied as America itself.
Front Burner: A Tome to Turn to When Life Gives You Lemons
“Lemonade With Zest” traces a summertime treat to ancient Egypt.
Nonfiction: A Battle for the ‘Soul of America’? It’s as Old as America, One Historian Notes
In his new book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham argues that in bad times a liberal impulse has often prevailed over fear and division.
Fiction: Money Can’t Buy Love, but It Can Buy Goods — and in These Stories, Lots of Trouble
Lionel Shriver’s collection of short fiction, “Property,” is a wryly observant catalog of the ways an acquisitive urge can go astray.
Nonfiction: How One Company Scammed Silicon Valley. And How It Got Caught.
In “Bad Blood,” John Carreyrou tells of the rise and incredible fall of Theranos, the biotech company that was going to revolutionize blood testing.
The Book Review Podcast: Lost at Sea
Rachel Slade talks about “Into the Raging Sea,” and Clemantine Wamariya talks about “The Girl Who Smiled Beads.”
New in Paperback: ‘Augustown,’ ‘The Storied City’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: Think Things Look Bad in This Country Right Now? We’ve Been Here Before, Jon Meacham Says
In “The Soul of America,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning author examines the history of partisan fury.
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: J.D. Scott reviews “The Old Boys.”
Reader’s Notebook: ‘Assume the Worst’: This Isn’t Your Ordinary Graduation Speech
In today’s commencement addresses, as evidenced by recent books, inspiration is sometimes superseded by skepticism.
Children’s Books: A New Technology Age: When the Technology Is Books, and the Age Is 3 to 7
Picture books may be the best way to tell stories about modern, computer-saturated childhoods.
Sketchbook: A Love Letter to Italo Calvino, and to New York City
Reading “Invisible Cities” allowed the graphic artist Aude White to see her own surroundings in a new light.
Audiobooks: An Audiobook Gives New Life to the Haunting Memoir of a Waco Survivor
A horrific account by David Thibodeau, one of the few Branch Davidians to survive both their leader’s doctrine and the F.B.I.’s bungled “rescue” attempt.
Nonfiction: Did the Crusade for Human Rights Lead to More Inequality?
In “Not Enough,” the Yale professor Samuel Moyn argues for a global solution to material inequality.
The Shortlist: There’s More to Italian Fiction Than Elena Ferrante
Domenico Starnone offers his own Neapolitan novel while Paolo Cognetti goes to the Alps and Edgardo Franzosini probes the life of a troubled sculptor.
Nonfiction: Two Dudes With a Camera
In their first book, “Like Brothers,” the indie filmmaker siblings Jay and Mark Duplass recount their unlikely path to Hollywood and tell readers how to follow suit.
Nonfiction: When Misery Becomes a Subject for Art
In her final work, “Misère,” the late art historian Linda Nochlin finds in depictions of poverty in 19th-century art echoes of the miseries of the present.
Nonfiction: How Rampant Globalization Brought Us Trump
Robert Kuttner’s latest book, “Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?,” looks at the backlash against markets unconstrained by national interest.
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