The Shortlist: Surviving Europe’s Horrendous 20th Century
Three books recount the struggles of individuals against modern totalitarianism.
Nonfiction: A Political Movement, Defining Itself by What It Hates
In “Alt-Right,” Mike Wendling provides a guide to America’s extreme right.
Children’s Books: If Graphic Novels Are Hip for Adults, Why Not Picture Books?
The latest from Sophie Blackall, David Wiesner and Jillian Tamaki show the form at its sophisticated best. They’re a treat for grown-up readers, too.
Visuals: John Ashbery, a Poet With Paper and Glue
A new book pairs some of Ashbery’s poems with the sophisticated and playful visual collages he also made over the course of his career.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Fiction: Are Her Characters Seeing Things? Maybe. Maybe Not.
The stories in Tatyana Tolstaya’s new collection, “Aetherial Worlds” — which flit between real and imaginary realms — light up with flashes of pure transcendence.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: A Memoir of Near-Death Experiences
Maggie O’Farrell’s “I Am I Am I Am” recounts a life lived on the brink of dying.
By the Book: John Lewis Gaddis: By the Book
The historian John Lewis Gaddis, whose new book is “On Grand Strategy,” finds train videos relaxing: “I especially recommend the six-hour run from Omsk to Novosibirsk, on which nothing happens.”
Nonfiction: Meet the Dreamers Who Walked 1,500 Miles to Stay in America
“The Making of a Dream,” by Laura Wides-Muñoz, recounts the long and unfinished battle for immigration reform through the stories of young activists.
Nonfiction: What’s a Zucchini? And Other Questions Americans Once Asked
Daniel Stone’s “The Food Explorer” tags along with a world-traveling Gilded Age botanist whose agricultural discoveries changed the American diet.
Nonfiction: A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’
Lauren Slater’s new book chronicles the history of mood-regulating drugs, weaving in her own lifelong struggle to get well and stay well.
Fiction: Real Estate, Parking and Violence: A Novel of New York
The married couple in Anna Quindlen’s “Alternate Side” would seem to have everything. But their reactions to a neighborhood attack prove otherwise.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: In Search of Comfort Reading
Books from throughout history to provide solace in troubling times.
Nonfiction: Watch One With the Gipper: An Aide Recalls Movie Nights With the Reagans
From “Top Gun” to “Star Wars,” Mark Weinberg’s memoir looks back on evening screenings that staffers shared at Camp David with the commander in chief.
Nonfiction: Robert B. Reich’s Recipe for a Just Society
In “The Common Good,” Reich argues that it all begins with a shared commitment to fundamental principles.
The Book Review Podcast: At Readings, Luis Alberto Urrea Is Making His Fans Cry
On this week’s podcast, Urrea talks about his new novel, “The House of Broken Angels,” and Martin Doyle discusses “The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers.”
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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