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: Eleanor Cameron on the import of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
100 Notable Books of 2017
The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
Nonfiction: The Cookbook Addict
Jane Kramer’s “The Reporter’s Kitchen” explains how she approaches life through food and food through life.
Nonfiction: Iconic Food Writers Toppled Off Their Pedestals
Justin Spring’s “The Gourmands’ Way” offers a critical group portrait of the Americans who introduced French food to post-World War II America.
By the Book: Anthony Bourdain: By the Book
The author of “Kitchen Confidential” says one of the benchmarks of great food writing is to be very knowledgeable, but never a snob.
Nonfiction: A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Father and His Taste for Bordeaux
In “The Wine Lover’s Daughter,” Anne Fadiman weaves her own memoir with a biography of her father, Clifton Fadiman, and the compendium of wine knowledge he instilled in her.
Nonfiction: Women Write of Home, and a Woman’s Place in It
Female authors take on the subject of the home from a variety of perspectives in “This Is the Place,” a collection of essays edited by Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters.
Fiction: Garth Risk Hallberg’s Mix-and-Match Story of Suburban Ennui
In his novella “A Field Guide to the North American Family,” Hallberg takes an experimental approach to a traditional subject.
The Book Review Podcast: O Pioneers!
Caroline Fraser talks about “Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder,” and Tiya Miles discusses “The Dawn of Detroit.”
Editors’ Choice: 7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: Detroit’s Untold Stories of Slavery
In “The Dawn of Detroit,” Tiya Miles reconstructs the history and experience of the city’s African-American and Native American slaves.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: The Contradictions of Joseph Conrad
Maya Jasanoff’s book, “The Dawn Watch,” uses Conrad’s work to tell a story of globalization, imperialism and resistance.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Books to Fuel, Not Fix, My Sadness
Harrowing tragedy abounds in these selections of fierce, female-centered fiction.
Fiction: A Timely Novel of Anti-Progress by Louise Erdrich
In “Future Home of the Living God,” Erdrich’s futuristic novel, evolution runs backward, reproduction is threatened and the climate has changed, irrevocably.
Nonfiction: ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West
A new biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder “refreshes and revitalizes” our understanding of westward expansion, pioneer life and the literature that mythologized it.
Fiction: Whatever Happened to Isabel Archer? ‘Mrs. Osmond’ Picks Up Where Henry James Left Off
John Banville’s sequel to James’s “Portrait of a Lady” follows the heroine back to Rome and to the possible end of her marriage.
Nonfiction: Queen of the Glossies
“The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992” is Tina Brown’s own record of running that influential magazine, and all the glittering prizes that came with it.
Now You Can Read the Book From ‘Jane the Virgin’
Jane Villanueva’s book will finally be published on the show. It will also be available for fans to purchase in real life.
The Book Review Podcast: Mother Knows Best?
James Wolcott talks about “Raising Trump” and “The Kardashians,” and Tina Brown discusses “The Vanity Fair Diaries.”
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