Fiction: Broken Promises in the Promised Land
Mixing genres and voices, Nathan Englander’s novel “Dinner at the Center of the Earth” offers a tragicomic take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nonfiction: The Right Way to Memorialize an Unpopular War
James Reston Jr.’s “A Rift in the Earth” tells how a bitter controversy over the Vietnam War memorial ended in national reconciliation.
The Book Review Podcast: ‘Gorbachev: His Life and Times’
William Taubman discusses his biography of Gorbachev, and N. K. Jemisin talks about reading, writing and reviewing science fiction and fantasy.
Newsbook: In Harvey and Irma’s Wake, 3 Books on Hurricanes
Two books follow families affected by similar disasters, and a third argues that humans may hold the key to mitigating their impact.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the complicated relationship we have to Freud.
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: TK TK
Inside the List: James Patterson’s Latest Villain Looks a Lot Like Amazon
“The Store,” at No. 4 after three weeks on the hardcover fiction list, features a married couple at war with a dominant online retailer.
Open Book: TV, Pre-Golden Age
In “Little Boxes,” writers share how they were influenced by TV shows, in the days before prestige TV.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Children’s Books: All Kinds of Outrageous Behavior in These New Picture Books
A little seed who’s unapologetically bad, a horrible baby brother, the kid who won’t stop screaming and more.
The Shortlist: Stories of Familial Unrest and Displacement
Four new novels set around the globe explore the causes and consequences of family estrangement.
Fiction: James Kelman’s ‘Dirt Road’ Travels a Path to Solace
A father and son escape painful reminders of their lost loved ones in Scotland to discover a new outlook in the American South.
Fiction: A Sydney Bridge, a Falling Man and Three Witnesses to a Miracle
The stories of three Australians in three different centuries are linked by a miraculous vision in Ashley Hay’s “The Body in the Clouds.”
Critic’s Take: The Novels Explaining Britain’s Path From the Raj to Brexit
Revisiting Paul Scott’s “The Raj Quartet,” 70 years after the partition of India and Pakistan.
Nonfiction: The Man Whose Cabinet of Curios Helped Start the British Museum
James Delbourgo’s “Collecting the World” recounts the life of Sir Hans Sloane, a pioneering natural scientist.
Fiction: The Posh, Psychological Thrills of ‘The Party’
Elizabeth Day dissects the 21st-century British class system in this novel rife with literary allusions.
Fiction: When Friendship Ends, Does Betrayal Begin?
The teenagers in Claire Messud’s novel “The Burning Girl” have always been best friends. Now they’re growing painfully, possibly dangerously, apart.
Fiction: Mother and Daughter in a Doomsday Cult
In Rebecca Wait’s novel “The Followers,” a lonely woman and her child are lured into an isolated community on the Yorkshire moors.
Nonfiction: A Memoir of Dieting in the Age of Total Body Vigilance
In “Beautiful Bodies,” Kimberly Rae Miller recounts her lifelong addiction to deprivation through dieting.
Shining a Light on Campus Rape
Vanessa Grigoriadis’s fascinating but often frustrating “Blurred Lines” is a kaleidoscopic tour through the campus sexual assault controversy.
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