Fiction: A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels
Robert Gottlieb on what the genre has to offer nowadays, and what it always had to offer.
Nonfiction: In ‘One Nation After Trump,’ a Study of the Trends Behind His Rise
If someone hibernated through 2016 and then turned on cable news and wondered what the hell happened, this would be the book to read.
Fiction: The 21st-Century Fantasy Trilogy That Changed the Game
The first two novels in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy both won Hugo awards. In the final volume, “The Stone Sky,” the fate of the world is at stake.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction
High-minded novels and stories that favor fairy tales, unsolved crimes and dystopian drama over the ubiquitous run-of-the-mill plots in today’s fiction.
Fiction: In a Quiet Ohio Town, Who Started the Fire, and Why?
Celeste Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere” witnesses the mysteries of arson, kinship and community in late-’90s suburban America.
Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Maria Sharapova on ‘Unstoppable’
The tennis star discusses why she wrote her new memoir, the struggles her father faced during her childhood and more.
The Book Review Podcast: Jesmyn Ward on ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’
Ward discusses her new novel; David Dobbs on five new books about Darwin; and Kristin Cashore talks about “Jane, Unlimited.”
Q. & A.: The Real Story Behind Roald Dahl’s ‘Black Charlie’
The author’s early draft of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” featured a black protagonist who gets trapped inside a chocolate mold. Was it racial stereotyping, or something more complicated?
Open Book: Of God and War
Sarah Sentilles’s “Draw Your Weapons” ranges widely through issues of photographic representation, theology, empathy, activism and pacifism.
Inside the List: Thanks, Trump! Katy Tur Sees a Renaissance in Journalism
The NBC reporter, who has a best-selling campaign book with “Unbelievable,” says that the president’s scorn has “revitalized the fourth estate.”
Nonfiction: A True Tale of Drug Cartels, Money Laundering and Horse Racing
In “Bones,” by Joe Tone, the divergent lives of two brothers — a bricklayer in Texas and a cartel boss in Mexico — converge on the racetrack.
Stamp Notes: ‘The Snowy Day’ Captured in New Stamp Series
A new run of “Forever” stamps will feature scenes from Ezra Jack Keats’s classic children’s tale.
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: Reviews in Pictures: Harry Bliss on Norman Douglas’s ‘South Wind’
The 1917 novel from the British travel writer uses landscape as character.
Nonfiction: Writing Lines for Obama, Mixing Comedy and Hope
In his memoir “Thanks, Obama,” the speechwriter David Litt recalls coming of age at the White House.
The Shortlist: How We Make Up Our Minds
Four books about the mechanics of decision making.
Fiction: In ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing,’ a Haunted Road Trip to Prison
Jesmyn Ward’s follow-up to “Salvage the Bones” tells the story of a woman intent on making her fractured family whole again.
Author’s Note: Marilynne Robinson on Finding the Right Word
The author of “Gilead” and “Housekeeping” reflects on Emily Dickinson, expanding the mind and writing into the unknown.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Greek myths, a cover illustration and more.
Editors' Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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