Nonfiction: From Working for Jesse Helms to Writing ‘Tales of the City’
In “Logical Family,” Armistead Maupin describes a conservative upbringing before he became a beloved author and L.G.B.T. activist.
Nonfiction: Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again
Robert Dallek’s “Franklin D. Roosevelt” examines both the public and the private man.
Nonfiction: Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy
Jeffrey A. Engel’s “When the World Seemed New” recounts the last spasm of Republican internationalism.
Nonfiction: She Breaks Rules While Expecting Students to Follow Them
In “The Education of Eva Moskowitz,” the controversial founder of Success Academy Charter Schools sets out to defend her pedagogical approach and settle scores.
Fiction: The Future Is Now, and Dark, in T. Coraghessan Boyle’s Stories
The characters in Boyle’s new collection, “The Relive Box,” battle modern problems badly.
Inside the List: A Tom Clancy Fan Continues Tom Clancy’s Series
The thriller writer Marc Cameron is the latest novelist invited to channel Clancy, who died in 2013.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent reviews by connecting new literature to old.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Children’s Books: Your Kid Just Learned to Read. What Books Come Next?
These beautifully illustrated chapter books for brand new readers are very short — and very, very good.
Nonfiction: A Memoir of a Year on the International Space Station
The NASA astronaut and naval pilot Scott Kelly put his “Endurance” to the test, both on Earth and beyond.
By the Book: Richard Lloyd Parry: By the Book
The journalist and author of “People Who Eat Darkness” and, most recently, “Ghosts of the Tsunami” avoids “lad lit” even more assiduously than he avoids “chick lit.”
Nonfiction: Language Rules for the Digital Age
The BuzzFeed copy chief Emmy J. Favilla recounts her mission to set tone, grammar and style codes for a generation determined to break them.
Paris Review Editor Resigns Amid Inquiry Into His Conduct with Women
Lorin Stein apologized in letters he sent the board Wednesday, saying his behavior had been hurtful and degrading.
Nonfiction: What the People of Appalachia Want
Steven Stoll’s “Ramp Hollow” looks at the history of deprivation in the region.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Daddy’s Little Girl
Books that traverse the vast terrain of father-daughter relationships, from the stormy to the sunny, in fiction and memoir.
Fiction: David Ferry Won the National Book Award in His 80s. In His 90s, He Has Translated Virgil.
Ferry’s “Aeneid” sometimes prunes lines from the Latin original, turning his translation into more of a paraphrase.
Fiction: A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line
Emily Wilson’s landmark translation of the “Odyssey” matches the original’s line count while drawing on a spare, simple and direct idiom.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Books News: A Final Work by Sam Shepard Reveals His Struggle With Lou Gehrig’s Disease
The celebrated playwright spent the last months of his life working tirelessly on a final book, an intimate and philosophical look at his protagonist’s — and his own — health struggles.
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