The Book Review Podcast: Julian Barnes on ‘The Only Story’
Barnes talks about his latest novel, and Lawrence Wright discusses “God Save Texas.”
SKetchbook: Revisiting of the Legacy of the Fonz
James Kochalka creates an illustrated homage to the iconic “Happy Days” character through the lens of “The Catcher in the Rye.”
The Shortlist: Three Literary Critics Who Engage With Their Subjects, Unconventionally
Criticism in verse? Finishing Beckett’s unfinished manuscript? A memoiristic meditation on Kathy Acker? These authors embrace hybrid forms to analyze the literature they love.
Fiction: Stories That Look Askance at the American Midwest
Malinda McCollum’s debut collection, “The Surprising Place,” reveals the darkly comic underbelly of Des Moines.
Fiction: A Cyclops With a Dating Profile and Other Fanciful Characters
Ramona Ausubel’s new collection of stories, “Awayland,” abounds in unusual families and memorably poetic details.
Nonfiction: The Tragedy of 1968: What Might Have Been if King and Kennedy Had Lived
David Margolick’s “The Promise and the Dream” examines the complicated relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
Nonfiction: Like a Schindler for Iraq, This Unlikely War Hero Freed Women From ISIS
“The Beekeeper,” a harrowing true story by the poet Dunya Mikhail, recounts the dangerous exploits of a Yazidi man and the women he helped.
Inside the List: How James Comey Found Mistakes in His Manuscript
“Each of my five kids and two sons-in-law was assigned a portion to copy edit. I offered $20 for each typo.”
Fiction: Familiar Tales Remixed, at the Hands of a Postmodern Master
From primal myth to genre conventions, high culture and pop culture collide in Robert Coover’s career-spanning collection “Going for a Beer.”
Children’s Books: How Do You Talk to Children About Death? These Books Can Help
It may be the hardest topic of all to bring to kids, but these authors and illustrators have made beautiful, useful books about the end of life.
Nonfiction: A Kenyan Writer and Dissident on His Year in Prison
In “Wrestling With the Devil,” Ngugi wa Thiong’o remembers his isolation and fear as he struggled to overcome the deprivations of his detention.
New in Paperback: ‘Somebody With a Little Hammer,’ ‘The Leavers’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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: Webster Schott on Robert Coover’s first novel.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter
In his newest memoir, “Faith,” the 39th president reflects on his religious influences.
Profile: In ‘The Pisces,’ a Woman and a Merman Fall in Love. Aquatic Erotica Ensues.
In her new book, Melissa Broder manages to knead together the genres of magical realism — a merman presumed to be real — and erotic literature.
Fiction: He’s 19. She’s 48 and Married. When They Play Doubles Tennis, It’s a Match.
Julian Barnes’s novel “The Only Story,” set in England’s not-so-swinging suburban ’60s, explores memory and the romantic obsession of youth.
Poetry: A Poetry Collection That Squints Hard at the Culture, in Pain and in Joy
The poems in Kevin Young’s “Brown” evoke sports, music, history and politics to explore how communities and individuals intersect.
By the Book: Dambisa Moyo: By the Book
The economist Dambisa Moyo, author most recently of “Edge of Chaos,” loves Agatha Christie’s “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep” Hercule Poirot.
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