Nonfiction: Elizabeth Hardwick Showed What Essays Could Do
“The Collected Essays,” edited by Darryl Pinckney, reveal as much about who Hardwick was as they do about the fiction she loved.
Nonfiction: The First Modern President
Robert W. Merry’s “President McKinley” argues for the centrality of a generally forgotten chief executive.
Nonfiction: ‘I Can’t Breathe’: Eric Garner’s Life and Death
In “I Can’t Breathe,” Matt Taibbi reports on the people and the policies that shaped the course of Garner’s life.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Alan Dershowitz’s review of “Scalia Speaks” and implore Ron Chernow to rethink his ideal dinner guests.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Profile: A Chinese Novelist Is Found in Translation
For Xue Yiwei, Canada was a safe haven in which to write, but now he’s finding an audience abroad that appreciates his subversive novel.
Crime: Deadly Deeds, From Snowy Iceland to the 42nd Street Library
New crime novels by Barclay, Indridason and Lehane take readers from New York to Reykjavik. Then Goldstone goes back in time for a medical mystery.
By the Book: Andy Weir: By the Book
The author of “The Martian” and, most recently, “Artemis” has never read Frank Herbert’s “Dune”: “Yes, I know. I’m the worst sci-fi fan in the universe.”
Jesmyn Ward Wins National Book Award for ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’
It is the second National Book Award for Ms. Ward, a Mississippi native who also won in 2011 for her novel “Salvage the Bones.”
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Match Book: Books That Mix the Science and Craft of Food With a Dash of Heart
From memoirs by Michelin-starred chefs and cutting-edge farmers to recipes collected in a concentration camp, writing that will feed your soul.
Fiction: After ‘Mad Men,’ Matthew Weiner Turns to a Novel of Madmen
A psychopathic construction worker, a violently overprotective father and an adolescent girl form a dangerous triangle in “Heather, the Totality.”
Nonfiction: Kevin Young’s Enthralling, Essential History of the Hoax
Jonathan Lethem reviews Kevin Young’s “Bunk,” a new book that traces the American fondness for plagiarists, hoaxes and, yes, fake news.
In ‘Raising Trump’ and ‘The Kardashians,’ Two Portraits of Modern American Matriarchy
James Wolcott on two books about the larger-than-life dynasties shaping our cultural and political lives.
Profile: Krysten Ritter Spins Her Own Mystery in Her Debut Novel, ‘Bonfire’
The star of the Netflix superhero noir series “Jessica Jones” delves into a small town’s secrets in her new book.
Inside the List: Meet the Sword-Fighting, Home-Brewing, Airplane-Flying Heavy-Metal Singer
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden has written a memoir as far-ranging as he is, “What Does This Button Do?”
The Book Review Podcast: Kurt Andersen on Channeling President Trump
Andersen talks about “You Can’t Spell America Without Me”; Liza Mundy discusses “Code Girls”; and Maria Russo on the season’s children’s books.
Children’s Books: A Highlight Reel of Artists in Studio
Three illustrators of books for young readers share their creative processes.
Nonfiction: Memoirs Take the Wheel
New memoirs on driving by a long-haul trucker, a Saudi activist and a mother trying to connect with her son.
Children’s Books: Bookshelf: Picture Books for Animal-Loving Children
An octopus who escapes from an aquarium, a feather searching for its bird, a cardinal trapped in a Christmas tree and more in this season’s best animal books.
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