By the Book: Louise Penny: By the Book
The author of mystery novels, most recently “Glass Houses,” recommends reading her fellow Canadian writer Margaret Atwood: “And I don’t just say that because the government compels me to.”
Nonfiction: How Chester B. Himes Became the Rage in Harlem, and Beyond
Lawrence P. Jackson’s biography, “Chester B. Himes,” traces the seminal crime novelist’s path from prison to international success.
Nonfiction: A Parent Confronts Conformity in the Classrooms of China
In “Little Soldiers,” Lenora Chu investigates both the roots of the Chinese education system and its effects on children, including her own.
Bookends: Is Free Speech an Absolute Right, or Does Context Matter?
The writers Adam Kirsch and Francine Prose discuss what free speech means in the context of Charlottesville and beyond.
Nonfiction: An Educator Makes the Case That Higher Learning Needs to Grow Up
In “The New Education,” Cathy N. Davidson argues that colleges must do more to adjust to social and economic realities.
Fiction: ‘Motherest’ Wrestles With the Contradictions of Parental Love
The narrator of Kristen Iskandrian’s novel, “Motherest,” hoped college would be an escape from an unhappy home. Now she must make a home for her baby.
The Long View: A Racist World, Described by Those Who Knew It
Rereading Maya Angelou, Richard Wright and other mid-20th-century writers is to see anew that Appomattox was as much a beginning as an end.
What to Read Before You Head to Botswana
Three books on the land, people and culture of the region.
Fiction: Inside Lizzie Borden’s House of Horror
In her novel, “See What I Have Done,” Sarah Schmidt turns the story of Lizzie Borden and the Fall River murders into a grisly exploration of madness.
Nonfiction: A Pioneering Neuroscientist Reports From ‘the Border of Life and Death’
In “Into the Gray Zone,” the neuroscientist Adrian Owen describes finding signs of consciousness in the brains of vegetative patients.
Nonfiction: In ‘Campus Confidential,’ a Professor Laments That Teaching Is Not the Priority of Teachers
Jacques Berlinerblau, a professor at Georgetown, explains that at colleges and universities, you don’t get what you pay for.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Where Can I Find Brotherhood Through Books?
A brotherless reader seeks the fraternal bond through fictional works starring male siblings with fierce and complex attachments.
Books News: Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book
The growing emphasis on teaching kids computer literacy and programming skills has started to shape children’s fiction.
Nonfiction: Don’t Panic, Liberal Arts Majors. The Tech World Wants You.
George Anders’s “You Can Do Anything” and Randall Stross’s “A Practical Education” argue for the value of a liberal education in today’s economy.
Fiction: Three Deadly Days: One Town’s Experience of the Holocaust
Rachel Seiffert’s novel “A Boy in Winter” probes the bonds and betrayals in a Ukrainian town as it succumbs to Hitler’s armies.
When Self-Criticism Was an Order, These Portraits Were Revolutionary
“Cultural Revolution Selfies,” a new book by Wang Qiuhang, includes subversive images, taken during China’s Cultural Revolution, of the photographer himself.
The Book Review Podcast: Analyzing Freud
George Prochnik discusses Frederick Crews’s “Freud,” and Nancy MacLean talks about “Democracy in Chains.”
Open Book: Updating DNA’s Life Story
An updated edition of James D. Watson’s “DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution” includes new material on the progress in cancer research and the latest in personal genomics.
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: the legacy of Roland Barthes.
Inside the List: A Science Writer Embraces Buddhism as a Path to Enlightenment
Robert Wright, whose book “Why Buddhism Is True” is a best seller, has been a spiritual seeker for a long time.
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