The Best Books to Take You Through Lisbon, Portugal
The award-winning Portuguese novelist Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida recommends books to help readers get to know Portugal’s vibrant capital, and spots to read them if you go.
Naked No More: A TV Rodent Teaches Families About Tolerance
A new adaptation of the Mo Willems book “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” uses animation and rock songs to tell a story about self-expression and acceptance.
‘Why We Did It’ Is a Dark Ride on the ‘Republican Road to Hell’
The former political operative Tim Miller writes about why most of the Republican establishment learned to stop worrying and line up behind President Trump.
Read Your Way Through Lisbon
The award-winning Portuguese novelist Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida recommends books to help readers get to know Portugal’s vibrant capital, and spots to read them if you go.
Newly Published, From Yan Lianke to Hurricane Maria
A selection of books published this week.
Book Review: “The Measure” by Nikki Erlick
In Nikki Erlick’s debut novel, “The Measure,” all adults can find out how much time they have left.
In ‘Thrust,’ Talking Animals and Others Take Aim at Humanity’s Cruelty
Lidia Yuknavitch’s new novel follows a young Alice-like girl who moves through a series of weird mirror worlds.
Review: ‘Elsewhere,’ by Alexis Schaitkin
Like her first novel, “Saint X,” Alexis Schaitkin’s “Elsewhere” circles around the theme of female disappearance.
BOOK REVIEW: Ways of Being by James Bridle
James Bridle’s “Ways of Being” encourages readers to look for intelligence outside the brain box.
The Books About Sex That Every Family Should Read
The author Cory Silverberg bucks decades of conventional wisdom on how to teach kids about intimacy.
Book Review: “The Colony” by Sally Denton
In her ninth book, “The Colony,” the veteran journalist Sally Denton takes readers across the border to a Mormon sect in Mexico.
Review: “X,” by Davey Davis
Davey Davis’s new novel, “X,” is a queer noir set in a near-future world full of inexplicable violence, “exported” undesirables and an encyclopedia’s worth of sexual deviance.
Book Review: “Dele Weds Destiny,” by Tomi Obaro
Tomi Obaro’s debut novel, “Dele Weds Destiny,” follows the intersecting lives of three very different women from college to middle age.
Review: ‘Life Ceremony,’ by Sayaka Murata
Sayaka Murata’s “Life Ceremony” explores the grotesque and the intersections of extremes.
Blitz Bazawule Is Building Bridges Between Worlds
The artist and filmmaker, who is directing a new version of “The Color Purple,” publishes his first novel, “The Scent of Burnt Flowers.”
Review: “Girls They Write Songs About,” by Carlene Bauer
The stylish, reckless heroines of Carlene Bauer’s “Girls They Write Songs About” bond over their similarities, until one decides to settle down.
Review: ‘In the Houses of Their Dead,’ by Terry Alford
Did Abraham Lincoln, like John Wilkes Booth, ever find solace in spiritualism?
Three New Romance Novels to Read
Our romance novel columnist, Olivia Waite, has some summer reading recommendations.
Review: ‘Angel of Rome: And Other Stories,’ by Jess Walter
The author’s ninth work of fiction, “The Angel of Rome,” collects stories of lonely characters caught in their own versions of Sisyphean hell.
Sensing the World Anew Through Other Species
Ed Yong talks about “An Immense World,” and Terry Alford discusses “In the Houses of Their Dead.”
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