Fiction: Mother of All Decisions: Sheila Heti’s New Novel Weighs Whether to Have a Child
In “Motherhood,” a childless woman in her late 30s consults friends, psychics, the I Ching and her own conscience on the pros and cons of procreation.
Audiobooks: Tiffany Haddish and Vivica A. Fox — Who Narrate Their Memoirs With Snap and Spirit — Have Some Advice for You
Though their stories are quite different, the underlying message in “The Last Black Unicorn” and “Every Day I’m Hustling” is the same.
Nonfiction: Why Libya Continues to Burn
In “The Burning Shores,” Frederic Wehrey traces Libya’s troubles from the beginning of the revolution to its current upheavals.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Nonfiction: Is the System Rigged Against Democrats?
In “It’s Time to Fight Dirty,” David Faris lays out a strategy for structural changes to level a skewed electoral playing field.
Editors’ Choice: 7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
By the Book: Alison Weir: By the Book
The historical novelist Alison Weir, author most recently of “Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen,” has some reading advice for Meghan Markle.
Audionbooks: Jeremy Irons Breathes New Life Into ‘The Poems of T.S. Eliot’
From “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to “The Waste Land” and “Four Quartets,” an audiobook original revisits the poet’s most beloved lines.
Nonfiction: This Author Never Dreamed of Becoming a Mom. Until She Was One.
"And Now We Have Everything” demystifies all the anxieties, logistics and wonders of pregnancy and childbirth — things Meaghan O’Connell never knew she wanted.
Bookshelf: New York, the Global Capital of Protest
From the Flushing Remonstrance to Occupy Wall Street, New York City has been at the forefront of social activism for centuries. And a homage to the beauty of infrastructure.
Nonfiction: I’m a Pro Football Player Now, but I’ll Be Black Forever
Michael Bennett’s “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable,” written with Dave Zirin, is both a memoir and a call to political action.
Books of The Times: Essays That Make Sense of the Infinite and the Infinitesimal
“When Einstein Walked with Gödel” is a collection of Jim Holt’s elegant essays, which make big subjects — like the illusion of time — both intelligible and enticing.
Fiction: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Life, as Fodder for Fiction
The intimate relationship of Eleanor Roosevelt and the A.P. reporter Lorena Hickok is explored in new novels by Amy Bloom and Kelly O’Connor McNees.
Nonfiction: The Paradoxes and the Glory of Apollo 8’s Journey Around the Moon
Fifty years after the spacecraft became the first to leave Earth’s orbit, Robert Kurson tells the story of the remarkable odyssey in “Rocket Men.”
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: A Comic Force of Nature: The Life — and Death — of Robin Williams
Dave Itzkoff’s exhaustive biography, “Robin,” explains why a great comedian “had admirers but no imitators.”
Nonfiction: Under Modernity’s Hood: Precision Engineering
In “The Perfectionists,” Simon Winchester turns to the history of mechanical engineering, seeing in its triumphs the key to understanding so much of our world.
Audiobooks: Benedict Cumberbatch Meets Albert Einstein in Carlo Rovelli’s New Audiobook
In “The Order of Time,” a theoretical physicist reveals his take on relativity, order and the human condition.
Fiction: One Last Book From a Virtuoso of the Short Story
The great Irish writer William Trevor captured turning points in individual lives with powerful slyness. “Last Stories” is his final gift to us.
The Book Review Podcast: Amy Chozick on ‘Chasing Hillary’
Chozick discusses her time covering Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, and Sloane Crosley talks about her new collection of essays, “Look Alive Out There.”
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