Fiction: Step 1: Kill Husband. Step 2: Assume His Identity.
In Tadzio Koelb’s “Trenton Makes,” a battered wife gets revenge, and then some, on her spouse.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Sees Divorce Through the Eyes of a Child
The 8-year-old heroine of Zulema Renee Summerfield’s “Every Other Weekend” struggles to make sense of traumas both outside her home and within it.
Sketchbook | : How-to Entertain Like the Avant-Garde
Ali Fitzgerald illustrates a step-by-step guide to throwing the perfect modernist soiree.
Children’s Books: Enchanting New Picture Books
Treats for little ones include the true story of a brave rescue dog, a bedtime tale about a rampaging bunny and a new Sandra Boynton board book.
The Shortlist: Three New Books Illuminate the Rise of Violent White Extremism
New books about America’s dark underbelly include a Norwegian journalist embedded with white nationalists and stories of falling into — and out of — a violent hate movement.
New in Paperback: ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,’ ‘Where the Water Goes’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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: Lawrence Venuti on Jan Morris.
Nonfiction: She Didn’t Know How to Read, but Her Stories Captured History
Aida Edemariam’s sublimely crafted book, “The Wife’s Tale,” recounts the life of her Ethiopian grandmother, who witnessed her country’s dramas and endured her own.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Essay: Why ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Is the Book for Our Social Media Age
Ray Bradbury believed that serious thought was under threat from television and mass media. Ramin Bahrani, who adapted Bradbury’s novel for film, says it’s more relevant than ever.
By the Book: Samantha Irby: By the Book
The comedian and blogger Samantha Irby, whose collection “Meaty” has just been reissued, would love to see celebrities’ grocery lists: “I’m so curious about other people’s daily needs. What’s in your bathroom cabinet right now?”
Nonfiction: In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy
“War on Peace” details how American policy is being driven by military leaders rather than the State Department.
Nonfiction: Are We Traveling the ‘Road to Unfreedom’?
Timothy Snyder’s new book looks at how democracies fall apart, and places blame on Russia as the current instigator.
Fiction: In Photos, His Face Is Not His Own. Blame 19th-Century Imperialism.
The teenage protagonist of Ariel Dorfman’s novel “Darwin’s Ghosts” is made to atone for his ancestors’ crimes.
Fiction: Bored in Brazil: Is She the 21st-Century Ugly American?
The narrator of Ian MacKenzie’s novel “Feast Days” has followed her banker husband to São Paulo. But the city and its people may be too much for her.
Fiction: The Heroines in Curtis Sittenfeld’s First Story Collection Are All Grown Up
“You Think It, I’ll Say It” revives the adolescent female archetypes of her novels, now grappling with adulthood.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Match Book: Books Your Teenager Is Reading That You Should Too
Don’t worry if you failed to appreciate the classics in your high school classroom: These novels — like their readers — only get better with age.
Nonfiction: What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World?
Adam Becker’s “What Is Real?” explores the controversy around quantum physics and its ability to describe anything definite about the world of atoms.
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