Book News: From Two Scholars, African-American Folk Tales for the Next Generation
In their new collection, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar have reintroduced stories from the African diaspora.
By the Book: Jason Segel: By the Book
The actor and co-author of, most recently, “Otherworld” has been reading a lot of plays. “There is such an admirable fearlessness in that world.”
Nonfiction: Propane, Peapods and Perplexities
In “Vacationland,” John Hodgman wrestles with the comic trials of home ownership in Maine and Massachusetts, along with the indignities of middle age.
Nonfiction: Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks
Two newly published books by the French author who pulled off one of the most elaborate literary deceptions of all time.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Are the American West’s Wildfires Inevitable?
Michael Kodas’s “Megafire” and Edward Struzik’s “Firestorm” analyse the misguided history and dire results of America’s wildfire management policy.
Nonfiction: Making Citizens’ Lives Better
David Goldfield’s “The Gifted Generation” explains the importance of government.
Fiction: Lives Other Than His Own
In Jenny Erpenbeck’s timely novel, a retired classics professor finds his routine existence transformed when he befriends a group of African refugees.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Reading about Reading
Seeking books about other books and about the people who contribute to, live and breathe the world of literature.
Nonfiction: The Hand of the Comic Artist
Manohla Dargis reviews two new books that examine the aesthetics and the business of comics, from Superman to R. Crumb.
Nonfiction: The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’
Cullen Murphy recounts his coming-of-age among the elites of American illustration.
Profile: Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene
Mekong Review’s contributors include some of the best-known authors, journalists and academics who follow the region.
The Book Review Podcast: ‘The Second Coming of the KKK’
Linda Gordon talks about “The Second Coming of the KKK”; Scott Kelly discusses “Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery”; and editors from the Book Review talk about our 10 Best Books of 2017.
Nonfiction: The Last Civic Remnant of Authentic Spirituality at Christmastime
Jonathan Keates’s “Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel’s Masterpiece” seeks to save the oratorio from centuries of misinterpretatin.
Books News: Jacqueline Woodson to Explore Belonging in Two Upcoming Books
A middle-grade novel and a picture book, to be published in 2018, explore what being American really means.
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: Reading ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Today
An illustrated review of J. D. Salinger's classic from a 21st-century perspective.
Nonfiction: Great Art, Repugnant Politics
“Growing Up With the Impressionists,” the childhood diary of Julie Manet, daughter of Berthe Morisot and Eugene Manet, reveals some unsavory views.
The Shortlist: International Thrillers Favor Trysts over Treason
Three fall novels take readers across the globe on missions in which the espionage takes a back seat to the characters’ personal lives and liaisons.
Nonfiction: Anti-Fascism With a Human Face
In “A Bold and Dangerous Family,” Caroline Moorehead continues her Resistance Quartet with the story of Amelia, Carlo and Nello Rosselli.
Fiction: ‘I Am the Kind of Woman I Would Run From’
The journalist heroine of Anthony Quinn’s novel “Freya” is both headstrong and ambitious. Neither will be assets in post-World War II Britain.
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