Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to reviews from recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Help Desk: Among the Vulgarians
New etiquette books offer advice on how to mind your manners during uncivil times, in the White House and beyond.
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: Thomas Mallon on “A Christmas Carol.”
Nonfiction: The Biography of Alexander Calder, Part I
"Calder: The Conquest of Time,” by Jed Perl, traces the sculptor’s early evolution from amateur toymaker to modernist icon.
Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Enthusiast: In Praise of the ‘Career Romance’
Written to educate young women about various industries, the books are as historically interesting as they are entertaining — sociology lesson plus soap opera.
The Pour: Five Wine Books to Give This Holiday Season
The top choices of this year’s wine books include an essential Champagne guide, an argument to organize wine by soil type and a thin volume of advice.
Nonfiction: What Can Fashion Tell Us About Art?
In “Clothing Art: The Visual Culture of Fashion, 1600-1914,” Aileen Ribeiro shows how much the depiction of fashion reveals about an artist’s world.
Visuals: So, You’d Like to Buy Your Loved One a Book?
Follow the arrows to discover the best reading to give as a gift this season.
Roundup: The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan
A range of new books offering advice to gardeners, hikers and amateur naturalists, with detours back to colonial America and even Middle-earth.
Fiction: A Fan Letter to Charles Dickens
In “Mr. Dickens and His Carol,” Samantha Silva imagines the circumstances around the writer’s beloved holiday book.
Roundup: From Politics to Scandals, Sports Seem to Speak to Our Times
Half a dozen books on sports range from champion athletes to the fans who adore them.
By the Book: John Hodgman: By the Book
The author of, most recently, “Vacationland,” doesn’t like to talk about writing with other writers. “We mostly talk about TV.”
Roundup: The Latest in Graphic Novels
This season’s graphic novels run the gamut, from an emotional coming-out story to a fantastical journey into a world of strange peach people.
Nonfiction: In the World of Comedy, Improv May Now Be More Important Than Stand-Up
Sam Wasson’s “Improv Nation” examines one of the most important stories in American popular culture.
Roundup: Travel Books Take You There and Back
It’s worth noting that some of this season’s most exciting travel narratives are by women.
Roundup: Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers
From Lou Reed to Gucci Mane to Stevie Nicks, a look at the season’s music biographies.
Nonfiction: The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food
Lizzie Collingham’s “The Taste of Empire” and Erika Rappaport’s “A Thirst for Empire” explore the worldwide influence of Britain’s culinary heritage.
Crime: The Best Crime Novels of 2017
From Attica Locke to Jo Nesbo, Marilyn Stasio looks back at some of her favorite mysteries and thrillers from a year’s worth of crime columns.
Match Book: Contemporary Womanhood, in Fact and Fiction
Books of all genres that shed light on what it means to be female today.
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