Nonfiction: An Earlier Age When the United States Kept Immigrants Out
Michael Dobbs’s “The Unwanted” describes the plight of European Jews trying to escape extermination by the Nazis.
Nonfiction: A Passion for Punctuation Meets a Love for All Things Greek
Mary Norris’s “Greek to Me” is an exuberant account of a decades-long obsession with a culture and its language.
'The Moment Of Lift' Is More Of A Whisper Than A Call To Action
If Melinda Gates had fully owned her goal — writing a book that would strengthen some readers' abortion-rights convictions and open others' minds — she would have called for greater advocacy.
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Poetry: In ‘Swift,’ David Baker’s Poetry Stitches the Fractured World Into Art
For almost 40 years, in the extreme suburbs and the diminishing countryside, Baker has worked to see and describe things as though for the first time.
In McEwan's Latest, The 'Machine' Is Too Much Like You
Ian McEwan imagines an alternate, technologically-advanced 1982 England in his new novel, in which the development of lifelike, artificially intelligent cyborgs leads to some uncomfortable questions.
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Nonfiction: Turkey’s Killing Fields
In “The Thirty-Year Genocide,” the Israeli historians Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi detail the slaughter of Turkey’s Christian minorities.
Nonfiction: Anna Quindlen’s No. 1 Rule for Grandparents: Butt Out
In her new essay collection, “Nanaville,” the novelist and former Times columnist writes about what she’s learned since becoming a grandmother.
New & Noteworthy, From Walt Whitman and More
A selection of recent poetry books (plus Whitman’s ruminations); and a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Dismantling the Myth of ‘The Heartland’
The new book by the historian Kristin L. Hoganson explodes conventional ideas about the Midwest as America’s “insulated core” — the wellspring of its values and identity.
Nonfiction: Cash, Jewels and Gold: The Tale of Britain’s Biggest Heist
In “The Last Job,” Dan Bilefsky explores a famous London robbery that was masterminded by a 76-year-old pensioner.
Nonfiction: Two Early Presidents Who Questioned the Wisdom of ‘the People’
In “The Problem of Democracy,” Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein show that John and John Quincy Adams were skeptical of popular democracy.
Nonfiction: Pico Iyer Reflects on a Quarter-Century of Life in Japan
In “Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells,” the noted journalist finds wisdom in the rituals and routines he shares with his Japanese wife.
From 'Little House' to Libertarianism: Rose Wilder Lane's Troublemaking Life
Cartoonist Peter Bagge takes on the life of another independent woman in Credo, his biography of pioneering libertarian Rose Wilder Lane (also known for being the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder).
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'Flowers Over The Inferno' Has A Tantalizing Weirdness
Ilaria Tuti's crime thriller, set in the mountains of northern Italy, stars a classic odd couple of cops: A gruff, aging, unhealthy veteran detective and her young whippersnapper of a partner.
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Nonfiction: That Man From Stratford
“What Blest Genius?,” by Andrew McConnell Stott, and “Shakespeare’s Library,” by Stuart Kells, explore different facets of the history and mysteries of the playwright’s reputation.
Nonfiction: A Former Marine Looks Back on Her Life in a Male-Dominated Military
Anuradha Bhagwati’s forceful memoir, “Unbecoming,” tackles sexual harassment, discrimination and the possibilities for redress for American servicewomen.
'Republic Of Lies' Explores The Fixation With Conspiracy Theories
Author Anna Merlan's recitations are chilling, as are her warnings that fringe beliefs tend to go mainstream — and how their rise is seen against a resurgence in nationalism and white supremacy.
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Emotionally Complex 'Arid Dreams' Operates On Multiple Levels
Duanwad Pimwana is one of Thailand's preeminent female writers, and this newly translated story collection — while not uniformly flawless — lets readers watch her grow into a true master of the form.
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Nonfiction: ‘When Brooklyn Was Queer’ Evokes the Borough’s Hidden History
Hugh Ryan’s new account delves into colorful characters who frequented the area around the Brooklyn Navy Yard — a flourishing center of 19th-century queer life.
Nonfiction: A Young Poet, a Mysterious Stranger and an El Salvador on the Brink of War
Carolyn Forché’s “What You Have Heard Is True” recalls her 1970s journey in the company of a revolutionary who wants her to bear witness to his country’s terror and bloodshed.
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