Sketchbook | Graphic Review: An Illustrated Homage to ‘D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths’
George O’Connor revisits the classic graphic tome of Greek mythology.
Inside the List: The Romance Writer Who Almost Lost Her Home to California’s Wildfires
Bella Andre, who began her fiction career with a series about wilderness firefighters, had to evacuate her wine country house as the flames drew near.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: A Tour of the World in Cremations and Cadavers
Caitlin Doughty, an American undertaker, discovers the diversity of death practices around the globe in order to reform funereal rites at home.
Nonfiction: A Quarter of a Century Behind Bars, for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
Alex Kotlowitz reviews Benjamin Rachlin’s “Ghost of the Innocent Man,” which tells the story of Willie J. Grimes, wrongfully convicted of sexual assault.
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: George Stade on horror fiction.
The Shortlist: Missing Persons and Messed-Up Shrinks: 4 New Suspense Novels
Women take center stage in tense new novels featuring a missing child, a missing mother, a messed-up shrink and a murder victim who may not be dead.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant, and Bill Clinton’s review.
Critic’s Take: Jonathan Lethem on the Cool Disturbances of Anna Kavan’s ‘Ice’
Fifty years after Kavan’s novel was first published, Lethem revisits her lucid yet anguished work, and her troubled life.
Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Profile: Tattoos, Bieber, Black Lives Matter and Jesus
Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong NYC, sidles up to the idea of Christian self-help with his book, “Own the Moment,” then aims for something different.
Nonfiction: Stranger Than Fiction: The Best True-Crime Stories
From Hollywood’s Black Dahlia case to killing sprees in 1950s London and 19th-century Paris, new books probe the grisly worst of human nature.
Nonfiction: In ‘After the Eclipse,’ a Daughter Mourns Her Murdered Mother
In parallel tracks of elegy and mystery, Sarah Perry recalls the life and death of her young mother, who was murdered when the author was 12.
By the Book: Ron Chernow: By the Book
The author of “Hamilton,” “Titan” and most recently “Grant,” is a slow reader: “It’s a shameful thing to admit for someone who writes such long books.”
Book News: A Batch of Letters by Harper Lee Come Up for Auction
The letters offer a glimpse into the final decade of the life of an intensely private author.
Fiction: King Lear Is Reborn as a 21st-Century Media Mogul
In Edward St. Aubyn’s novel “Dunbar,” Shakespeare’s tragedy is recast as a struggle for control over an irascible father’s corporate empire.
Fiction: Our Villains, Ourselves: A Thriller Roundup
Six spooky fall thrillers, whose plots range from a campus crime to an international spy hunt to a young girl’s mystical self-murdering, all unsettle the neat distinctions between “hero,” “villain,” and even the reader.
Fiction: A Novelist Asks, What if Women’s Bodies Became Deadly Weapons?
In “The Power,” by Naomi Alderman, women gain the ability to harness a dangerous electricity and the world starts to change in their favor.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: The Man Who Photographed Ghosts
Peter Manseau’s “The Apparitionists” reveals the art and trial of William H. Mumler, who stood at the intersection of 19th-century art, science and spiritualism.
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