The Book Review Podcast: The Life of Sandra Day O’Connor
Evan Thomas talks about “First,” his new biography of O’Connor, and Mitchell S. Jackson discusses “Survival Math.”
Nonfiction: Pretending to Play the Violin
“Sounds Like Titanic,” by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, is a memoir of being hired to tour with a famous composer who turns out to be duping his audiences.
Nonfiction: Drug Epidemics, Past and Present
Thomas Hager’s “Ten Drugs” examines the history of both the good and bad of medication.
Nonfiction: The Jewish Spies Who Posed as Arabs
Matti Friedman’s “Spies of No Country” tells the story of the Arab Section, the Jewish secret agents who operated in enemy territory at the birth of Israel.
Graphic Content: Graphic Novels That Will Diagnose Your Disease
In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at the genre of “graphic medicine,” comics illustrating the challenges of doctors and travails of patients.
Sketchbook |: From Jay Gatsby to Kunta Kinte
The legendary graphic designer, Seymour Chwast, draws some of his favorite protagonists.
From Our Archives: Looking Back at ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’
In his 2000 memoir, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” Dave Eggers becomes the steward of his brother after their parents die within weeks of each other.
Inside the List: Guilt, Jealousy, Empathy: Your Dog Has the Same Emotions You Do
Frans de Waal’s new book, “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves,” debuts on the best-seller list this week at No. 4.
The Shortlist: Three Novels Take Readers Deep Inside the Writer’s Life
Amit Chaudhuri’s narrator wanders Mumbai while João Gilberto Noll’s loses himself in London. And Monique Schwitter’s? She’s adrift among a dozen past loves.
In 'The Chief,' An Enigmatic, Conservative John Roberts Walks A Political Tightrope
Reporter Joan Biskupic portrays the Supreme Court chief justice as a dedicated conservative who now "has the court he's always wanted" — and she says the law "will likely be what he says it is."
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Children’s Books: Gorgeous Books to Expand the Youngest Minds
Dreamy marshmallows, rude animals, a portal to a mirror world and more fill the latest crop of picture books.
New in Paperback: ‘Heavy,’ ‘Do This for Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Reconsiderations: From Dresden on the 50th Anniversary of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’
When Kurt Vonnegut was at work on his hugely influential antiwar novel, “he was writing to save his own life,” his daughter said.
Fiction: Using Fiction to Show How Self-Control Becomes Self-Destructive
In their debut novels, Yara Zgheib and Anissa Gray explore the harrowing experience of female eating disorders.
Fiction: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Celebrates His 100th Birthday With a Novel
“Little Boy” recounts his life story in a free association of flashes and arias, of high and low culture — the verbal riffs of a good talker.
'The True Queen' Casts A Pleasant Spell
Zen Cho's followup to her Regency fantasy of manners Sorceror to the Crown builds solidly on the world she's invented, mixing historical froth with real substance.
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A Summer Of Second Chances In 'Small Town Hearts'
Lillie Vale's new young adult novel follows Babe Vogel, who's perfectly happy in her small town life, even though her friends have mostly moved on — until a "summer boy" arrives to complicate things.
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Nonfiction: To Nosh or Not to Nosh: An Immigrant’s Dilemma
In Boris Fishman’s memoir, “Savage Feast,” mealtime is when all the rich and roiling contradictions of his Eastern European Jewish family come into play.
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