500 Questions and answers from the Bible
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Format: Books
Format: Books
Fiction: A First Novel Explores Zimbabwe’s Troubled History
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s “House of Stone” uses a young man’s search for his personal ancestry as a way of unearthing hidden aspects of his country’s violent past.
The Book Review Podcast: A Violent Summer in Chicago
Alex Kotlowitz discusses “An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago,” and John Lanchester talks about his new novel, “The Wall.”
'An American Summer' Presents The Human Side Of Gun Violence In Chicago
Alex Kotlowitz's new book amplifies the words of those who have witnessed tragedy and makes their experiences available to readers — a chronicle that is painful but also necessary.
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Essay: Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump?
Parodies of the president proliferate in books and on TV. But how do you ridicule a man who seems to have mastered the strategies of those who would hold him to account through humor?
Sketchbook | Graphic Review: The Enduring Power of “Tuck Everlasting”
The artist Tillie Walden pays graphic homage to the classic children’s book.
From Our Archives: When Janet Malcolm Surveyed the World of Psychoanalytic Training
In her 1981 book “Psychoanalysis,” Malcolm explores psychiatry and mental health.
Children’s Books: Graphic Novels That Will Keep Kids Reading
Jerry Craft’s tale of an artistic black kid navigating a mostly white prep school, and Lincoln Peirce’s new series about a medieval girl who longs to be a knight.
The Shortlist: Fascinating Alternate Histories in Four New Novels
Greek gods prowl the First World War. Medieval French nuns become executioners. A future U.S. rounds up Muslims. A scorned aristocrat pulls off the ultimate heist.
New in Paperback: ‘What Are We Doing Here?,’ ‘The House of Broken Angels’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: In the Hands of Janet Malcolm, Journalism Becomes Art
“Nobody’s Looking at You” collects profiles, reportage and literary criticism produced between 1996 and 2018 by the famed New Yorker staff writer.
Inside the List: The Newest Trend in Children’s Lit: ‘Empathy Books’
Peter H. Reynolds’s ‘Say Something!’ helps teach kids about compassion and justice.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: Chills, Thrills and Spills: How Alex Honnold Conquered El Capitan
Mark Synnott’s “The Impossible Climb” is a memoir, an exploration of rock-climbing culture and a white-knuckle account of his buddy Honnold’s Yosemite feat.
Nonfiction: Exonerated for a Murder They Didn’t Commit
In “Good Kids, Bad City,” Kyle Swenson tells the story of three men who suffered a terrible injustice and a city, Cleveland, complicit in the wrong.
'Spies Of No Country' Offers Nuanced Understanding Of Israel's Complexity
For half a decade, Matti Friedman has been working hard, and publicly, to dispel easy narratives about Israel. In his book about four spies, he aims to show that Israel is "more than one thing."
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By the Book: By the Book: Donna Leon
The crime writer, whose latest Guido Brunetti mystery is “Unto Us a Son Is Given,” says Charles Dickens “will teach any writer how to plot and can turn a sentence into an incantation.”
Fiction: ‘Cherokee Nation’ Blends Family Saga, History and Melodrama
Margaret Verble — a voting member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma — explores her heritage in a sprawling and deeply satisfying new novel.
Essay: The ‘Moral Clarity’ of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50
The novelist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers makes the case for the enduring influence of Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel about the lasting trauma of war.
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