Fiction: A Fictional Heroine’s Fitful Upbringing Is Set Against the Sino-Japanese War
Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunions” vacillates in time and place to reveal a Chinese-American woman’s complex coming-of-age.
Nonfiction: One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
Paul Kix’s “The Saboteur” recounts the exploits of Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat who became a fighter for the French Resistance.
Fiction: Evil Stepmother, Reimagined
A reissue of Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree” shows off her reworking of one of the Grimms’ grimmest tales.
A Writer’s Controversial Past That Will Not Die
Peter Matthiessen’s nephew recalls both his uncle’s career as a writer and his experience as an operative for the C.I.A.
Crime: Murderous Trips Into the Past, Then a Return to a Dangerous Present
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features mysteries set in 1920s Britain and Freud’s Vienna, paired with two modern-day American puzzlers.
Fiction: The Plot to Kill Hitler
“Munich,” Robert Harris’s latest thriller, features the Führer and the notorious Neville Chamberlain.
Newsbook: What Does It Take to Win a Super Bowl?
These books about a cerebral coach, a player plucked from poverty and a year in the life of a team show the good, bad and ugly aspects of football.
Book Club Archive: Jesmyn Ward Answers Book Club Members’ Questions
February’s Now Read This pick is: “Killers of the Flower Moon,” by David Grann.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Traces the Boundary Between Life and Death
“The Afterlives,” by Thomas Pierce, explores the fluidity of human existence.
Nonfiction: The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism?
In “To Fight Against This Age,” Rob Riemen argues that culture and humanism are the best weapons against modern anti-liberal trends.
By the Book: Amy Chua: By the Book
The law professor and author Amy Chua never read parenting guides when her children were young — “Maybe that was my problem!” — and didn’t intend to write one with “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.”
Nonfiction: The War That Will Not End
In “Directorate S,” Steve Coll recounts America’s seemingly futile search for victory in Afghanistan.
Books News: The Globalization of the National Book Awards
The foundation is adding a new prize to recognize works in translation.
Books of The Times: ‘Rise and Kill First’ Shines Light on Israel’s Hidden Assassinations
Ronen Bergman’s blend of history and investigative reporting is a humane book about a contentious subject.
Nonfiction: To Respect the Earth’s Limits — or Push Them?
“The Wizard and the Prophet,” Charles C. Mann’s new double biography of William Vogt and Norman Borlaug, presents the essential debate of environmentalism.
Books News: Kwame Alexander to Start His Own Imprint. The Name? Versify. Get it?
The author of “The Crossover” is looking for risky, unconventional children’s books.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Forbidden Love
Whether or not you’re nursing a heartbreak, these tales of unsettled passions will appeal to the romantic in all of us.
Nonfiction: Enter the Holodeck
Two new books by virtual reality experts, Jaron Lanier and Jeremy Bailenson, describe how the technology will change us.
Fiction: A Girl Vanishes. But in This Novel, Time Is the Real Mystery.
Jon McGregor’s “Reservoir 13” looks beneath the surface of ordinary lives over the course of a dozen-plus years.
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