The Shortlist: From Naples to Tokyo, New Books in Translation
Four new novels cover the globe with stories that range from the quirky to the devastating.
Fiction: From Isabel Allende, a Novel of Three Immigrants and a Brooklyn Misadventure
Two professors aid an undocumented worker following an accident that launches a trio of narratives about life lived across America’s borders in “In the Midst of Winter.”
Fiction: Madeleine Thien’s New Novel of Communist Occupation Turns Inward
“Dogs at the Perimeter” follows a woman born under the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as she navigates the mental perils of life as a survivor.
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: Beware of Family Members Bearing Gifts
In “Winter,” the second in her cycle of seasonal novels, Ali Smith engineers a contentious Christmas reunion between two long-estranged sisters.
Nonfiction: Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’
The French writer Annie Ernaux uses “The Years” to anchor her particular 20th-century memories within the daunting flux of 21st-century society.
Crime: Keep Watch Over Your Children: Danger Lurks Everywhere
In Marilyn Stasio’s latest Crime column, we meet a murderous nanny, an abducted teenager, a little boy stranded in the high desert and a mad bomber.
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: William Peden’s 1959 review of Philip Roth’s first book.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Newsbook: On the Presidency’s Fraught Relationship With the Press
These books explores how administrations like Richard Nixon’s and Theodore Roosevelt’s worked with or fought against the news media.
In 'Heartland,' Writer's Block Can Be Murder
Ana Simo's brash and unsettling debut novel straddles the line between pulp noir and slapstick; it's the story of a struggling writer who decides that murder is the cure for her decade-long block.
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Nonfiction: Replaying the Holocaust in the Middle East
Nadia Murad’s “The Last Girl” describes a Yazidi woman’s kidnapping by Islamist militants.
Fiction: Knausgaard’s Seasonal Book Series Continues With a Wintry Mix
The essays in “Winter” have a characteristically Scandinavian focus on darkness, snow, quiet, emptiness and depression.
By the Book: Simon Sebag Montefiore: By the Book
In childhood, the historian and novelist was a “voracious, excitable, starry-eyed” reader. He still is.
#8: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson (Author)
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Buy new: $25.95 $15.57
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Jordan B. Peterson (Author)
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Buy new: $25.95 $15.57
(Visit the Best Sellers in Books list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)
Books News: Lupita Nyong’o to Publish a Children’s Book
Drawing on her experience as a child who felt self-conscious about her dark skin, the actress hopes to help other kids reimagine what is beautiful.
'Girls In The Picture' Traces A Friendship In The Flickers
A century ago, Hollywood had no stars. Movies were silent and the actors were anonymous. Melanie Benjamin's new novel outlines how actress Mary Pickford and writer Frances Marion changed that.
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Nonfiction: Gifted and Talented and Complicated
In “Off the Charts,” Ann Hulbert examines the lives of child prodigies, who often fail to sustain their accomplishments into adulthood.
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