Fiction: Wartime Acts, Postwar Retribution: A Mother’s Risky Legacy
In Michael Ondaatje’s novel “Warlight,” a London family is fractured by Allied intelligence work. And the danger won’t end when the fighting is over.
Nonfiction: A Marshall Plan for China? It Existed, but Even Marshall Couldn’t Pull It Off
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan’s “The China Mission” details the hopeless effort of trying to reconcile the Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists.
Fiction: Rachel Cusk Strips the Novel Down to Its Frame. Again.
With “Kudos,” Cusk brings her spare, beautiful trilogy to a close.
Children’s Books: Screams. Tears. Meltdowns. New Picture Books Let Bad Behavior Fly, With Just a Bit of Advice
Max in “Where the Wild Things Are” was tame, compared with the unchecked emotions on display in these books.
Nonfiction: Was Jimmy Carter the Most Underrated President in History?
Stuart Eizenstat thinks so, and he lays out his argument in this admiring but frank appraisal, “President Carter: The White House Years.”
Nonfiction: They’re Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore. But the Ad Business Is Still High Stakes.
Ken Auletta’s “Frenemies” describes the new landscape for advertising and marketing, both competing with and dependent on Silicon Valley.
Fiction: Bill Clinton and James Patterson Have Written a Thriller. It’s Good.
The former president and the best-selling novelist have packed “The President Is Missing” with inside-the-Beltway intrigue and secret White House details.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Deep Inside the Obama White House
Ben Rhodes’s memoir, “The World as It Is,” recounts some of the toughest decisions Obama made during his time as president.
Match Book: Got a Reluctant Reader at Home?
These stories are sure to activate the literary lives of even the most book-averse members of your family.
Nonfiction: What Silicon Valley Could Use More of: Inefficiency
In “The Efficiency Paradox,” Edward Tenner considers why technologies intended to improve our lives often end up complicating them instead.
Nonfiction: Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced
In his new book, “How to Change Your Mind,” Pollan turns to psychedelics, their history and their promise.
Books News: Want Michael Lewis’s Next Book? You’ll Have to Listen to It.
A growing group of successful authors, including Michael Lewis and Robert Caro, are releasing audio originals, hoping to take advantage of the exploding audiobook market.
The Book Review Podcast: Dinosaurs, the Master of Horror and Philip Roth
On this week’s podcast, Steve Brusatte talks about “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs”; Victor Lavalle and Gilbert Cruz discuss the work of Stephen King; and Dwight Garner, A.O. Scott and Taffy Brodesser-Akner talk about the legacy of Philip Roth.
Q. & A.: Addicted to Love
Meet The Times’s new romance fiction columnist
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: the original review of “Carrie.”
Nonfiction: Royal Ladies, Royal Intrigue
Nancy Goldstone’s “Daughters of the Winter Queen” charts the stormy life of Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Charles I, who schemed for her own children.
Nonfiction: The Man Who Stole Bird Feathers
Kirk Wallace Johnson’s “The Feather Thief” recounts “the natural history heist of the century.”
New in Paperback: ‘Anatomy of Terror,’ ‘Less’ and More
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them
Jonathan Green’s new book is a detailed chronicle of a murderous, drug-trafficking gang in the heyday of the crack cocaine epidemic.
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