Roundup: The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan
A range of new books offering advice to gardeners, hikers and amateur naturalists, with detours back to colonial America and even Middle-earth.
Fiction: A Fan Letter to Charles Dickens
In “Mr. Dickens and His Carol,” Samantha Silva imagines the circumstances around the writer’s beloved holiday book.
Roundup: From Politics to Scandals, Sports Seem to Speak to Our Times
Half a dozen books on sports range from champion athletes to the fans who adore them.
By the Book: John Hodgman: By the Book
The author of, most recently, “Vacationland,” doesn’t like to talk about writing with other writers. “We mostly talk about TV.”
Roundup: The Latest in Graphic Novels
This season’s graphic novels run the gamut, from an emotional coming-out story to a fantastical journey into a world of strange peach people.
Nonfiction: In the World of Comedy, Improv May Now Be More Important Than Stand-Up
Sam Wasson’s “Improv Nation” examines one of the most important stories in American popular culture.
Roundup: Travel Books Take You There and Back
It’s worth noting that some of this season’s most exciting travel narratives are by women.
Roundup: Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers
From Lou Reed to Gucci Mane to Stevie Nicks, a look at the season’s music biographies.
Nonfiction: The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food
Lizzie Collingham’s “The Taste of Empire” and Erika Rappaport’s “A Thirst for Empire” explore the worldwide influence of Britain’s culinary heritage.
Crime: The Best Crime Novels of 2017
From Attica Locke to Jo Nesbo, Marilyn Stasio looks back at some of her favorite mysteries and thrillers from a year’s worth of crime columns.
Match Book: Contemporary Womanhood, in Fact and Fiction
Books of all genres that shed light on what it means to be female today.
Roundup: Lots of Healthy Options, but Don’t Forget Dessert!
New cookbooks to make you feel good, along with books of cakes and cookies to make you feel happy. And, for the brave, recipes for not-so-awful offal.
Roundup: A Spotlight on the Season’s Top Photography Books
From Irving Penn to William Gedney: Luc Sante assesses nine new volumes.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: ‘Reckless Daughter’: A Protective Biography of Joni Mitchell
The music critic David Yaffe pays tribute to the singer-songwriter in his new book.
Nonfiction: Muhammad Ali, Beginning to End for the First Time in a Book
Jonathan Eig’s “Ali: A Life” is the first major biography to include the fighter’s final years, Parkinson’s and all.
Nonfiction: A New Biography of the Renaissance Genius
Walter Isaacson turns his attention to Leonardo da Vinci and all his mechanical and artistic achievements.
Nonfiction: The Licentious Life and Times of Jann Wenner
In “Sticky Fingers,” the first biography of the Rolling Stone co-founder and editor, Joe Hagan holds nothing back.
Children’s Books: Notable Children’s Books of 2017
The best in picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, selected by the children’s books editor of The New York Times Book Review.
Critic’s Notebook: Why ‘Wonder,’ the Movie, Can’t Best the Book It’s Based On
The film version of a book often has an unfair advantage. But R.J. Palacio’s best-selling novel offers much more than meets the eye.
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